sign, a

sign n . . . An old gentleman [85] told me recently a cure he said was sure for boils. You would just take a sign of soft soap and black molasses in the palm of your hand and mix it up. This mixture you would put on the boil by means of a cloth, to keep it in place.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47382
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47382 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 sign, a 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47382 eng eng S *William Bartlett, 70-10-58 Georgetown, C.B. - William Bartlett, 70-10/133 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16625 S_16625_sign n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47382 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 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z sign n . . . An old gentleman [85] told me recently a cure he said was sure for boils. You would just take a sign of soft soap and black molasses in the palm of your hand and mix it up. This mixture you would put on the boil by means of a cloth, to keep it in place.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At dinner a person is asked will he take a little more meat or pudding, he will say: "just a sign," meaning half a plate full. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I signs on it, rabbit-sign, nice sign, signs on, so signs The source is listed as C 70-10 in DNE with different citation as that on card. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection 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
sign, a
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sign n . . . An old gentleman [85] told me recently a cure he said was sure for boils. You would just take a sign of soft soap and black molasses in the palm of your hand and mix it up. This mixture you would put on the boil by means of a cloth, to keep it in place.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At dinner a person is asked will he take a little more meat or pudding, he will say: "just a sign," meaning half a plate full. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I signs on it, rabbit-sign, nice sign, signs on, so signs The source is listed as C 70-10 in DNE with different citation as that on card.
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title_short sign, a
title_full sign, a
title_fullStr sign, a
title_full_unstemmed sign, a
title_sort sign, a
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47382
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 S
*William Bartlett, 70-10-58
Georgetown, C.B. - William Bartlett, 70-10/133
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16625
S_16625_sign n
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