_mar_ follitin.

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 smal...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/67807 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 _mar_ follitin. 1971/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67807 eng eng V Boyd Trask, 68-24/no no. Elliston, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13384 V_13384_valentine n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67807 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_mar_ follitin.
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title _mar_ follitin.
title_short _mar_ follitin.
title_full _mar_ follitin.
title_fullStr _mar_ follitin.
title_full_unstemmed _mar_ follitin.
title_sort _mar_ follitin.
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67807
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation V
Boyd Trask, 68-24/no no. Elliston, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13384
V_13384_valentine n
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