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marry bone In my home a belief quite common today, is connected with two knives. First of all, if you are at the table and two knives are crossed at your place this is a sign of bad luck. If, however the two knives are at your place but not crossed then it is believed that you will have two wives. A...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50697 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 _marry bone_ 1971/08/03 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50697 eng eng M 42 71 -126 Ross Tilley 22 Ang. Newman's Cove (Current) Aug 3/71 Remembered from childhood at Newman's Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15164 M_15164_marry bone http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50697 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z marry bone In my home a belief quite common today, is connected with two knives. First of all, if you are at the table and two knives are crossed at your place this is a sign of bad luck. If, however the two knives are at your place but not crossed then it is believed that you will have two wives. Another belief centers around what we called the "_marry bone_" found in chicken and other birds. This bone is taken and roasted , then two people break the bone by holding on to the tip of each end. Whoever gets the longest end is going to be married . ->something like the bone is. See cited quotation. Yes Love/marriage DICT CEN JW Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'marry-tot', 'rocky bone'] 'wish bone' etc Drawing of "marry bone" included. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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marry bone In my home a belief quite common today, is connected with two knives. First of all, if you are at the table and two knives are crossed at your place this is a sign of bad luck. If, however the two knives are at your place but not crossed then it is believed that you will have two wives. Another belief centers around what we called the "_marry bone_" found in chicken and other birds. This bone is taken and roasted , then two people break the bone by holding on to the tip of each end. Whoever gets the longest end is going to be married . ->something like the bone is. See cited quotation. Yes Love/marriage DICT CEN JW Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'marry-tot', 'rocky bone'] 'wish bone' etc Drawing of "marry bone" included. |
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M 42 71 -126 Ross Tilley 22 Ang. Newman's Cove (Current) Aug 3/71 Remembered from childhood at Newman's Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15164 M_15164_marry bone http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50697 |
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