posies

posy n While walking along the road or in the meadows, the following remark might be heard (usually from a women): "The posies (i.e. buttercups) are closed up so we're goin' to have rain." (i.e. buttercups) DNE-cit JH 5/71 Used I Used I Used I The sentence in the qoutation marks...

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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/64042 2023-12-31T10:18:32+01:00 posies image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/64042 eng eng P George Casey, 65-2/35 Conche References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14037 P_14037_posy n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/64042 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z posy n While walking along the road or in the meadows, the following remark might be heard (usually from a women): "The posies (i.e. buttercups) are closed up so we're goin' to have rain." (i.e. buttercups) DNE-cit JH 5/71 Used I Used I Used I The sentence in the qoutation marks is used in the DNE. 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
posies
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description posy n While walking along the road or in the meadows, the following remark might be heard (usually from a women): "The posies (i.e. buttercups) are closed up so we're goin' to have rain." (i.e. buttercups) DNE-cit JH 5/71 Used I Used I Used I The sentence in the qoutation marks is used in the DNE.
format Manuscript
title posies
title_short posies
title_full posies
title_fullStr posies
title_full_unstemmed posies
title_sort posies
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/64042
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 P
George Casey, 65-2/35
Conche
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14037
P_14037_posy n
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