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mollyfodge Little is written about traditional New- foundland dyeing. Much like cooking re- cipes, dye recipes were passed on by word of mouth rather than being written down. Mrs. Heffernan of Salvage, Eastport Peninsula, is one of the few people around who has con- tinued to dye her yarns with plan...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53980 2023-12-31T10:19:33+01:00 mollyfodge image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53980 eng eng M 1976 _What's Happening in St. John's_ vol. 1, no 6,Oct, p.22 OED 1866 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14158 M_14158_mollyfodge http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53980 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 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z mollyfodge Little is written about traditional New- foundland dyeing. Much like cooking re- cipes, dye recipes were passed on by word of mouth rather than being written down. Mrs. Heffernan of Salvage, Eastport Peninsula, is one of the few people around who has con- tinued to dye her yarns with plant colours. She and her husband founded (and for many years maintained) the Salvage Museum. One of the Museum's exhibits contains samples of her hand-spun yarns, some of which are coloured with her own dyes. One of her favourites, and now one of mine, is "mollyfodge," a grey rock lichen which produces a deep rich chocolate brown that she used on rags which were then hooked into rugs. Another group of lichens which grow on rocks (the "rock tripes" mentioned above) produce an incredible range of colours from a pale pink, to deep rose, and on through the spectrum to a 'grapey' purple. And speaking of grapes, some of our wild berries also produce colour. If you should happen to collect a surplus, you might try extracting PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit JH 10/76 JH 10/76 Used I Used I used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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mollyfodge Little is written about traditional New- foundland dyeing. Much like cooking re- cipes, dye recipes were passed on by word of mouth rather than being written down. Mrs. Heffernan of Salvage, Eastport Peninsula, is one of the few people around who has con- tinued to dye her yarns with plant colours. She and her husband founded (and for many years maintained) the Salvage Museum. One of the Museum's exhibits contains samples of her hand-spun yarns, some of which are coloured with her own dyes. One of her favourites, and now one of mine, is "mollyfodge," a grey rock lichen which produces a deep rich chocolate brown that she used on rags which were then hooked into rugs. Another group of lichens which grow on rocks (the "rock tripes" mentioned above) produce an incredible range of colours from a pale pink, to deep rose, and on through the spectrum to a 'grapey' purple. And speaking of grapes, some of our wild berries also produce colour. If you should happen to collect a surplus, you might try extracting PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit JH 10/76 JH 10/76 Used I Used I used I |
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M 1976 _What's Happening in St. John's_ vol. 1, no 6,Oct, p.22 OED 1866 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14158 M_14158_mollyfodge http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53980 |
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