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spared I'll do that tomorrow, if I'm spared." The phrase "if I'm spared" is an oft-repeated one in Trinity South communites. To show that it is an ingrained habit of such, here is an illustration. A deaf old lady named Aunt Ome Brown was a daily visitor at a Winterton h...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46262
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Summary:spared I'll do that tomorrow, if I'm spared." The phrase "if I'm spared" is an oft-repeated one in Trinity South communites. To show that it is an ingrained habit of such, here is an illustration. A deaf old lady named Aunt Ome Brown was a daily visitor at a Winterton home which in 1941 I too frequently visited. One day while a relative of Aunt Ome's lay dead, Aunt Ome dropped in "An when do 'e expec' d' fun'ral t' take place Aunt Ome? "It'll be burned three o'clock Sunday, me son, if 'e's spared. Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY