Silver Thaw

silver thaw n My father used to tell me the following story. When the first Irish immigrants came to Nfld they came expecting to find silver growing on trees. Some how they had heard that this was the case. When they come however the silver on the trees was nothing more than Silver Thaw, an ice coat...

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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/53245
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53245 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 Silver Thaw 1971/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53245 eng eng S Andrew F. O'Brien, 68--16/86 Cape Broyle References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16693 S_16693_silver thaw n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53245 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z silver thaw n My father used to tell me the following story. When the first Irish immigrants came to Nfld they came expecting to find silver growing on trees. Some how they had heard that this was the case. When they come however the silver on the trees was nothing more than Silver Thaw, an ice coating which covers the trees when the temperature suddenly falls on a country-side which is covered with a dense fog. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I GLITTER, SILVER FROST. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Silver Thaw
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description silver thaw n My father used to tell me the following story. When the first Irish immigrants came to Nfld they came expecting to find silver growing on trees. Some how they had heard that this was the case. When they come however the silver on the trees was nothing more than Silver Thaw, an ice coating which covers the trees when the temperature suddenly falls on a country-side which is covered with a dense fog. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I GLITTER, SILVER FROST.
format Manuscript
title Silver Thaw
title_short Silver Thaw
title_full Silver Thaw
title_fullStr Silver Thaw
title_full_unstemmed Silver Thaw
title_sort silver thaw
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53245
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
Andrew F. O'Brien, 68--16/86
Cape Broyle
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16693
S_16693_silver thaw n
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