rocky bone
rocky a When we were growing up and had birds for dinner we would always see who was going to be married first. The 'Rocky bone' was taken and placed on the stove to make it dry and easy to break. Each person then takes hold of it on each end. Who ever gets the longest part will be married...
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69113 |
| Summary: | rocky a When we were growing up and had birds for dinner we would always see who was going to be married first. The 'Rocky bone' was taken and placed on the stove to make it dry and easy to break. Each person then takes hold of it on each end. Who ever gets the longest part will be married first. . . . The person who gets the longestside is usually the person who gets his thumb nearest to the top. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I Used I Used I [see 'marry-tot'] The first and last sentences of the quotation do not appear in the dictionary. |
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