| Summary: | lend I like to think that his predec- essor would have recognized ["Chrissy's Dick"] as one of our fine old, though lesser-known Newfoundland folksongs of an entirely harmless nature. That it starts off, "Mary Ann went up to Christopher's to get the lend of his dick.", that "dick" is the traditional Newfoundland term for rooster, that Mary Ann wanted the loan of Christopher's rooster so as to set some hens. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story Sept. 1973. 9/76 JH See Joyce, P.135 JH Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 10 Jun 2015, stamped but not used
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