butcher-birds

butcher bird I got an egg out of a butcher-bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce-tree close to my house. These birds build their nests exactly in the same manner as [-]a[-] house-sparrows do, when they build in a tree; and their eggs are as like as possible to the eggs of those birds. PR...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/6650 2023-12-31T10:18:58+01:00 butcher-birds 1972/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650 eng eng B [1779] 1792 CARTWRIGHT Journal ii, 438 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14474 B_14474_butcher bird http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z butcher bird I got an egg out of a butcher-bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce-tree close to my house. These birds build their nests exactly in the same manner as [-]a[-] house-sparrows do, when they build in a tree; and their eggs are as like as possible to the eggs of those birds. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
butcher-birds
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description butcher bird I got an egg out of a butcher-bird's nest, which is in the top of a spruce-tree close to my house. These birds build their nests exactly in the same manner as [-]a[-] house-sparrows do, when they build in a tree; and their eggs are as like as possible to the eggs of those birds. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title butcher-birds
title_short butcher-birds
title_full butcher-birds
title_fullStr butcher-birds
title_full_unstemmed butcher-birds
title_sort butcher-birds
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650
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 B
[1779] 1792 CARTWRIGHT Journal ii, 438
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14474
B_14474_butcher bird
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6650
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