maiden-hair berry leaves
maidenhair n Years ago teenage girls used to make a perfume by boiling maiden-hair berry leaves. A maiden-hair berry is a small white berry about the size and shape of a bean which grows on the ground much like a marsh-berry. They used to gather the leaves of this plant and boil them in water for a...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/43958 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 maiden-hair berry leaves 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43958 eng eng M Taylors Bay Frederick G. Bonnell, 69-28/40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12999 M_12999_maidenhair n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43958 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z maidenhair n Years ago teenage girls used to make a perfume by boiling maiden-hair berry leaves. A maiden-hair berry is a small white berry about the size and shape of a bean which grows on the ground much like a marsh-berry. They used to gather the leaves of this plant and boil them in water for a short time. This boiled water which had the smell of the leaves in it, was cooled and used as perfume by girls aged eleven to fourteen years. Sometimes this perfume was used by older women also. JH 10/71 Used I Used I 2 Not used Wintergreen, teaberry, CAPILLAIRE, maidenhair tea (berry), magna-tea (berry), maidner tea (berry), manna-tea (berry), MOUNTAINEER TEA, Maidenhair Berry Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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maidenhair n Years ago teenage girls used to make a perfume by boiling maiden-hair berry leaves. A maiden-hair berry is a small white berry about the size and shape of a bean which grows on the ground much like a marsh-berry. They used to gather the leaves of this plant and boil them in water for a short time. This boiled water which had the smell of the leaves in it, was cooled and used as perfume by girls aged eleven to fourteen years. Sometimes this perfume was used by older women also. JH 10/71 Used I Used I 2 Not used Wintergreen, teaberry, CAPILLAIRE, maidenhair tea (berry), magna-tea (berry), maidner tea (berry), manna-tea (berry), MOUNTAINEER TEA, Maidenhair Berry Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015 |
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M Taylors Bay Frederick G. Bonnell, 69-28/40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12999 M_12999_maidenhair n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43958 |
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