powder devil

powder n To celebrate the Relief of Ladysmith [during the Boer War] your grandfather placed several hundred powder-devils along the board fence and fired them off. DNE-cit GMS/1955 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65700
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65700 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 powder devil image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65700 eng eng P D.K.Story References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14207 P_14207_powder n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65700 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z powder n To celebrate the Relief of Ladysmith [during the Boer War] your grandfather placed several hundred powder-devils along the board fence and fired them off. DNE-cit GMS/1955 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
powder devil
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description powder n To celebrate the Relief of Ladysmith [during the Boer War] your grandfather placed several hundred powder-devils along the board fence and fired them off. DNE-cit GMS/1955 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I
format Manuscript
title powder devil
title_short powder devil
title_full powder devil
title_fullStr powder devil
title_full_unstemmed powder devil
title_sort powder devil
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65700
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
D.K.Story
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14207
P_14207_powder n
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