little mummers
mummer n Both the 'little mummers' and 'big mummers' give the same cue before entering a house: they knock on the door, and give an ingressive shout/ (that is, they draw in their breath) while saying, "Mummers allowed in?" PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53842 2023-12-31T10:18:36+01:00 little mummers image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53842 eng eng M 1969 HALPERT & STORY Christmas Mumming 82-83 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14715 M_14715_mummer n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53842 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z mummer n Both the 'little mummers' and 'big mummers' give the same cue before entering a house: they knock on the door, and give an ingressive shout/ (that is, they draw in their breath) while saying, "Mummers allowed in?" PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Chiaramonte Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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mummer n Both the 'little mummers' and 'big mummers' give the same cue before entering a house: they knock on the door, and give an ingressive shout/ (that is, they draw in their breath) while saying, "Mummers allowed in?" PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Chiaramonte Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I |
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M 1969 HALPERT & STORY Christmas Mumming 82-83 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14715 M_14715_mummer n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53842 |
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