Up-sitting Day

up av, prep Traditionally in Elliston the tenth day after birth was the mother's "Up-sitting Day". . . . On the afternoon of the "Up-sitting Day" the neighbour women would drop in and the midwife would come back to the hosue. All would sit around the kitchen table and would...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68298
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/68298 2023-12-31T10:19:09+01:00 Up-sitting Day 1973/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68298 eng eng U 1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 75 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13032 U_13032_up av, prep http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68298 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z up av, prep Traditionally in Elliston the tenth day after birth was the mother's "Up-sitting Day". . . . On the afternoon of the "Up-sitting Day" the neighbour women would drop in and the midwife would come back to the hosue. All would sit around the kitchen table and would enjoy a cup of tea and some of the "Groaning Cake." . . . DNE Cite W. J. KIRWIN MAR 1973 JH MAR 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Used I groaning cake Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Up-sitting Day
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description up av, prep Traditionally in Elliston the tenth day after birth was the mother's "Up-sitting Day". . . . On the afternoon of the "Up-sitting Day" the neighbour women would drop in and the midwife would come back to the hosue. All would sit around the kitchen table and would enjoy a cup of tea and some of the "Groaning Cake." . . . DNE Cite W. J. KIRWIN MAR 1973 JH MAR 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Used I groaning cake
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title Up-sitting Day
title_short Up-sitting Day
title_full Up-sitting Day
title_fullStr Up-sitting Day
title_full_unstemmed Up-sitting Day
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publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68298
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 U
1972 MURRAY Traditional Role of Women 75
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13032
U_13032_up av, prep
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