malldow

moldow I tell you what they used to make the beards out of now, most of the people I've seen making them. They used to go in the woods and get . . . what they used to call the malldow off the trees. You could see it on trees - just like hair or like whiskers - grows down on the trees. You get o...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/57848 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 malldow image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57848 eng eng M 1969 HALPERT & STORY Christmas Mumming 152-153 [Tape - Glovertown] References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14118 M_14118_moldow http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57848 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z moldow I tell you what they used to make the beards out of now, most of the people I've seen making them. They used to go in the woods and get . . . what they used to call the malldow off the trees. You could see it on trees - just like hair or like whiskers - grows down on the trees. You get off big handfuls of it, and they used to bring out that and glue it on and glue the moustache. That would be light grey, and some/would be brown, and different colours according to the way it would turn with the sun, on the trees. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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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
malldow
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description moldow I tell you what they used to make the beards out of now, most of the people I've seen making them. They used to go in the woods and get . . . what they used to call the malldow off the trees. You could see it on trees - just like hair or like whiskers - grows down on the trees. You get off big handfuls of it, and they used to bring out that and glue it on and glue the moustache. That would be light grey, and some/would be brown, and different colours according to the way it would turn with the sun, on the trees. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I Not used
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title malldow
title_short malldow
title_full malldow
title_fullStr malldow
title_full_unstemmed malldow
title_sort malldow
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57848
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
1969 HALPERT & STORY Christmas Mumming 152-153
[Tape - Glovertown]
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14118
M_14118_moldow
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