Alley Coosh

alley-coosh v A small child who was fighting a losing battle against sleep, was told the _Sandman_ was coming, sprinkling _sleepy dust._ Finally, when he succumbed to the Sandman, his mother put him to _Alley Coosh_ (bed). By the way, _sleepy dust_, is that which you wash from your eyes every mornin...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4185
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4185 2023-12-31T10:19:09+01:00 Alley Coosh 1969/11/25 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4185 eng eng A Allan J. Cole, Victoria, English 240 1968 Victoria References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13208 A_13208_alley-coosh v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4185 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1969 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z alley-coosh v A small child who was fighting a losing battle against sleep, was told the _Sandman_ was coming, sprinkling _sleepy dust._ Finally, when he succumbed to the Sandman, his mother put him to _Alley Coosh_ (bed). By the way, _sleepy dust_, is that which you wash from your eyes every morning. [see 'coosh'] DNE-cit JH-25-11-69 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I coosh, alley cush, cooch Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 29 Jul 2014 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Alley Coosh
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description alley-coosh v A small child who was fighting a losing battle against sleep, was told the _Sandman_ was coming, sprinkling _sleepy dust._ Finally, when he succumbed to the Sandman, his mother put him to _Alley Coosh_ (bed). By the way, _sleepy dust_, is that which you wash from your eyes every morning. [see 'coosh'] DNE-cit JH-25-11-69 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I coosh, alley cush, cooch Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 29 Jul 2014
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title Alley Coosh
title_short Alley Coosh
title_full Alley Coosh
title_fullStr Alley Coosh
title_full_unstemmed Alley Coosh
title_sort alley coosh
publishDate 1969
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4185
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation A
Allan J. Cole, Victoria, English 240 1968 Victoria
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13208
A_13208_alley-coosh v
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4185
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