litchness (or some similar spelling)
litchness This is a greyish green hair-like substance which grows on dead branches of trees (especially the fir) and sometimes on rocks. My informant says that as a child he and his friends used it to make whiskers and eyebrows, very often for cloth or brown paper masks, when they "dressed up i...
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| Language: | English |
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1970
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45117 |
| Summary: | litchness This is a greyish green hair-like substance which grows on dead branches of trees (especially the fir) and sometimes on rocks. My informant says that as a child he and his friends used it to make whiskers and eyebrows, very often for cloth or brown paper masks, when they "dressed up in the fools" at Christmas and went from house to house much as children now do at Holloween. [Pron. not heard. Maybe he heard litchens. WK] JH 1/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 12 Jun 2015 |
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