northern men

northern A sudden shower of rain or snow. The remarkable thing about this word [ Dwye, or Dwigh ] is that it is not known or used on the coast line south of St John's. From Cape Spear north to Belle Isle every one knows what it means; but from Cape Race west it is Greek to the people. I have he...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59570 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 northern men image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59570 eng eng N 1927 _Chr. Messenger_ 47 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13898 N_13898_northern http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59570 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z northern A sudden shower of rain or snow. The remarkable thing about this word [ Dwye, or Dwigh ] is that it is not known or used on the coast line south of St John's. From Cape Spear north to Belle Isle every one knows what it means; but from Cape Race west it is Greek to the people. I have heard Placentia Bay men using the word as a joke on northern men. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM OCT 1974 W. J. KIRWIN JH OCT 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
northern men
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description northern A sudden shower of rain or snow. The remarkable thing about this word [ Dwye, or Dwigh ] is that it is not known or used on the coast line south of St John's. From Cape Spear north to Belle Isle every one knows what it means; but from Cape Race west it is Greek to the people. I have heard Placentia Bay men using the word as a joke on northern men. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM OCT 1974 W. J. KIRWIN JH OCT 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I
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title northern men
title_short northern men
title_full northern men
title_fullStr northern men
title_full_unstemmed northern men
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1927 _Chr. Messenger_ 47
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13898
N_13898_northern
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