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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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69113 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 rocky bone image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69113 eng eng R Claude Bishop, 69/2/104 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14252 R_14252_rocky a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69113 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z 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. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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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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R Claude Bishop, 69/2/104 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14252 R_14252_rocky a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69113 |
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