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quot In I come Down I quot Layed a egg And up I got. [ (child's verse) ] .The word "Quot" means to sit down or as the hen sits on her nest to lay the eggs. This young lad went through the procedures of "quotting" down and getting up as he acted out the verse. DNE-cit JH 10/7...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67400
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Summary:quot In I come Down I quot Layed a egg And up I got. [ (child's verse) ] .The word "Quot" means to sit down or as the hen sits on her nest to lay the eggs. This young lad went through the procedures of "quotting" down and getting up as he acted out the verse. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I Used I Used I 'squat down', 'quat', 'coochee,' 'coochey', 'curchie', 'qwat' Only part of the quotation is used in the dictionary. The source is C 70-18

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