balsam

balsam On pic-nics, camping, etc., when we got cuts and had nothing to put on them, we'd break a blister of a fir tree and smear on the cut what we called "balsam". JH JH 2/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'mur' - Decker, 'frankentine', 'frankincense'...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6213
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Summary:balsam On pic-nics, camping, etc., when we got cuts and had nothing to put on them, we'd break a blister of a fir tree and smear on the cut what we called "balsam". JH JH 2/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'mur' - Decker, 'frankentine', 'frankincense' 'mirr', 'myrrh' 'mir', 'myrh', 'murre','murry' 'bladders'

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