Old Twelfth, the

old In my grandfather's tradition the people celebrated Old Christmas Day, which was the 12th. of Jan. It was a big holliday but so was the day which followed, which was known as "the Old Twelfth" which was the 13th of the month. Nobody ever said that it was the 13th., it was always t...

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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/60166 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 Old Twelfth, the image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60166 eng eng O William Bartlett, 70-10/51 Georgetown, C.B References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13229 O_13229_Old http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60166 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 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z old In my grandfather's tradition the people celebrated Old Christmas Day, which was the 12th. of Jan. It was a big holliday but so was the day which followed, which was known as "the Old Twelfth" which was the 13th of the month. Nobody ever said that it was the 13th., it was always the Old Twelfth and it did not mean Old Christmas day; which would be the real Twelfth Day, if they were going by the calender. . . . it has not been observed now for about 20 yrs. [in Georgetown]. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see also 'Old Christmas Day', 'Twelfth Day'] Manuscript Newfoundland 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
Old Twelfth, the
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description old In my grandfather's tradition the people celebrated Old Christmas Day, which was the 12th. of Jan. It was a big holliday but so was the day which followed, which was known as "the Old Twelfth" which was the 13th of the month. Nobody ever said that it was the 13th., it was always the Old Twelfth and it did not mean Old Christmas day; which would be the real Twelfth Day, if they were going by the calender. . . . it has not been observed now for about 20 yrs. [in Georgetown]. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see also 'Old Christmas Day', 'Twelfth Day']
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title Old Twelfth, the
title_short Old Twelfth, the
title_full Old Twelfth, the
title_fullStr Old Twelfth, the
title_full_unstemmed Old Twelfth, the
title_sort old twelfth, the
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60166
genre Newfoundland
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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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William Bartlett, 70-10/51
Georgetown, C.B
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13229
O_13229_Old
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