shrimps
shrimps The Red Indians never wash except when a husband or wife dies, then the survivor has in some water heated by stones in a birch rind kettle, decocted with the shrimps (?) of dogwood tree, or Mountain Ash. This is Cormack's hand-writing dated [1851]. The "(?)" seems to be Howley...
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Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51841 |
Summary: | shrimps The Red Indians never wash except when a husband or wife dies, then the survivor has in some water heated by stones in a birch rind kettle, decocted with the shrimps (?) of dogwood tree, or Mountain Ash. This is Cormack's hand-writing dated [1851]. The "(?)" seems to be Howley's query. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W Kirwin - Sept. 1975 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Tue 18 Aug 2015; stamped but not used |
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