madre

madre [St. Pierre] The most common birds on the coasts of Saint Pierre and Newfoundland are the _madre_, the _gode_, and the _calculo_. The eggs of the _madre_ are white speckled with black; those of the _gode_ are greenish speckled with black, and those of the _calculo_ are brown with darker spots....

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56885
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56885 2023-12-31T10:15:19+01:00 madre image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56885 eng eng M 1778 DE CASSINI Voyage to Nfld. 153 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14897 M_14897_madre http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56885 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 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z madre [St. Pierre] The most common birds on the coasts of Saint Pierre and Newfoundland are the _madre_, the _gode_, and the _calculo_. The eggs of the _madre_ are white speckled with black; those of the _gode_ are greenish speckled with black, and those of the _calculo_ are brown with darker spots. These eggs are larger than hen eggs, and yet the birds are not much bigger than pigeons. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN MAR 1970 JH 3/70 Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection 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
madre
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description madre [St. Pierre] The most common birds on the coasts of Saint Pierre and Newfoundland are the _madre_, the _gode_, and the _calculo_. The eggs of the _madre_ are white speckled with black; those of the _gode_ are greenish speckled with black, and those of the _calculo_ are brown with darker spots. These eggs are larger than hen eggs, and yet the birds are not much bigger than pigeons. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN MAR 1970 JH 3/70 Not used Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title madre
title_short madre
title_full madre
title_fullStr madre
title_full_unstemmed madre
title_sort madre
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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 M
1778 DE CASSINI Voyage to Nfld. 153
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14897
M_14897_madre
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