revel

ravel n A thread sticking to clothes - also a jig. The old people say that you take it off and twirl it around your finger saying A,B, C.D. . . at each circle. The letter where the revel ends is the initial of the one you will marry. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/75 Used I Used I Used I "also a jig" (...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69461
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69461 2023-12-31T10:18:49+01:00 revel image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69461 eng eng R M. Collett, 31 Oct. 1975 Hr. Buffett References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13485 R_13485_ravel n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69461 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z ravel n A thread sticking to clothes - also a jig. The old people say that you take it off and twirl it around your finger saying A,B, C.D. . . at each circle. The letter where the revel ends is the initial of the one you will marry. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/75 Used I Used I Used I "also a jig" (end of line 1) is omitted from the dictionary. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
revel
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ravel n A thread sticking to clothes - also a jig. The old people say that you take it off and twirl it around your finger saying A,B, C.D. . . at each circle. The letter where the revel ends is the initial of the one you will marry. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/75 Used I Used I Used I "also a jig" (end of line 1) is omitted from the dictionary.
format Manuscript
title revel
title_short revel
title_full revel
title_fullStr revel
title_full_unstemmed revel
title_sort revel
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69461
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 R
M. Collett, 31 Oct. 1975
Hr. Buffett
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13485
R_13485_ravel n
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