Noel's Night
Noel's Night The Micmac Indians of Conne River called Christmas Eve Night "Noel's Night". Every man in the community with the name, Noel, was visited that night. Persons having this name placed three "junks" of wood outside their door. There were three chosen Micmac men...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/61116 2023-12-31T10:19:21+01:00 Noel's Night image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61116 eng eng N Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/222 Informant: Clayton Collier Conne River / Head Bay d'Espoir References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14536 N_14536_Noel's Night http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61116 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 Noel's Night The Micmac Indians of Conne River called Christmas Eve Night "Noel's Night". Every man in the community with the name, Noel, was visited that night. Persons having this name placed three "junks" of wood outside their door. There were three chosen Micmac men who visited each person called Noel. These three men decorated a cross with flowers and on it placed a gift (scarf, handkerchief, etc.) that each Noel would like and wear. . . . [Informant said that these practices have not been practised in the last 60 years] G. M. Story JH JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also "Steve's Night"] "John's Night" Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Noel's Night The Micmac Indians of Conne River called Christmas Eve Night "Noel's Night". Every man in the community with the name, Noel, was visited that night. Persons having this name placed three "junks" of wood outside their door. There were three chosen Micmac men who visited each person called Noel. These three men decorated a cross with flowers and on it placed a gift (scarf, handkerchief, etc.) that each Noel would like and wear. . . . [Informant said that these practices have not been practised in the last 60 years] G. M. Story JH JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also "Steve's Night"] "John's Night" |
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N Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/222 Informant: Clayton Collier Conne River / Head Bay d'Espoir References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14536 N_14536_Noel's Night http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61116 |
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