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own v Valentine's Day, Fec. 14th. was up to about 1950 a kissing day. People would go around from house to house trying to kiss as many of the opposite sex as they could. The idea was that whoever you managed to 'own' (kiss) was supposed to give you a valentine gift. DNE-cit JH JUN 19...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60116
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Summary:own v Valentine's Day, Fec. 14th. was up to about 1950 a kissing day. People would go around from house to house trying to kiss as many of the opposite sex as they could. The idea was that whoever you managed to 'own' (kiss) was supposed to give you a valentine gift. DNE-cit JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Used I Not used [see also 'mar follitin' etc.]

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