| Summary: | valentine n _Mar follitin_. In Elliston, Trinity Bay, on April I until noon, people get up early in order to 'own' as many people as they can. They creep up on somebody and say: "Mar follitin" (Good morning, valentine). The person so addressed ("owned") must give a small gift to the one who 'owned' him. As a boy I tried to own all my relatives first; I was sure of getting a gift from each of them. Even the old-folk did this, although there was not much gift-giving among them. . . . [see also 'mar farten'] 'Mol Fol' 'faulten' 'own' (Warren Canning) 'fauton' _M_ _Slip is Valentine_ DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I Used I 2 Used I good morning, falten, fauten; mar fallaten, falten, farten, fauten, voleten; mol fol; good morning, valentine, Mar voleten, Marnen falten, Good morning falton, Mar fauten, Mar follitin, Mar foton, mar faulton First digitized in M_13210. Has been refiled between V_12924 and V_12925; Source listed as C 68-24; Last 2 sentences not included in DNE
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