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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45117
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/45117 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 litchness (or some similar spelling) 1970/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45117 eng eng L William Hamlyn Nov. 28/66; FL 193 67-6 St. John's West; (father) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15814 L_15814_litchness http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45117 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z 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 WK] JH 1/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 12 Jun 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
litchness (or some similar spelling)
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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
format Manuscript
title litchness (or some similar spelling)
title_short litchness (or some similar spelling)
title_full litchness (or some similar spelling)
title_fullStr litchness (or some similar spelling)
title_full_unstemmed litchness (or some similar spelling)
title_sort litchness (or some similar spelling)
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45117
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 L
William Hamlyn Nov. 28/66; FL 193 67-6
St. John's West; (father)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15814
L_15814_litchness
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