Old Man's Bread.

old This is the common term for mushrooms, which are locally regarded as poisonous. Example: "Mom! The baby's eatin' old man's bread." This word is still a quite common in Grand Bank among people of all ages though it is slowly giving way to the proper word "mushroom.&q...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59881
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59881 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 Old Man's Bread. image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59881 eng eng O Ronald G. Noseworthy. December 1965 Grand Bank References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13246 O_13246_Old http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59881 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 old This is the common term for mushrooms, which are locally regarded as poisonous. Example: "Mom! The baby's eatin' old man's bread." This word is still a quite common in Grand Bank among people of all ages though it is slowly giving way to the proper word "mushroom." I have heard it used since childhood in Grand Bank, about 1956, One of the first times I can remember hearing it was when a friend of mine, George Price of Grand Bank, identified some mushrooms as "old man's beard" and told me they were poisonus. We were about ten years old then. [OVER] See cited quotation. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used [see 'Old Man's Caps'] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Old Man's Bread.
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description old This is the common term for mushrooms, which are locally regarded as poisonous. Example: "Mom! The baby's eatin' old man's bread." This word is still a quite common in Grand Bank among people of all ages though it is slowly giving way to the proper word "mushroom." I have heard it used since childhood in Grand Bank, about 1956, One of the first times I can remember hearing it was when a friend of mine, George Price of Grand Bank, identified some mushrooms as "old man's beard" and told me they were poisonus. We were about ten years old then. [OVER] See cited quotation. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used [see 'Old Man's Caps']
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title Old Man's Bread.
title_short Old Man's Bread.
title_full Old Man's Bread.
title_fullStr Old Man's Bread.
title_full_unstemmed Old Man's Bread.
title_sort old man's bread.
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59881
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 O
Ronald G. Noseworthy. December 1965
Grand Bank
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13246
O_13246_Old
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