red ground

red Nourished by the decaying grasses of the inverted sod, these crops [turnips and cabbage] grew best on ploughed ley. In the second year of cultivation they cross-ploughed the plot, breaking up the surviving sods, and planted this "red ground" with potatoes. Usually no more than an acre...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70158
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/70158 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 red ground image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70158 eng eng R 1974 MANNION Irish Settlements 63 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15553 R_15553_red http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70158 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 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z red Nourished by the decaying grasses of the inverted sod, these crops [turnips and cabbage] grew best on ploughed ley. In the second year of cultivation they cross-ploughed the plot, breaking up the surviving sods, and planted this "red ground" with potatoes. Usually no more than an acre was sown and, provided the remaining area within the field was little more than an acre (as in the case of the "back meadow" in Figure 14) it was planted with oats. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
red ground
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description red Nourished by the decaying grasses of the inverted sod, these crops [turnips and cabbage] grew best on ploughed ley. In the second year of cultivation they cross-ploughed the plot, breaking up the surviving sods, and planted this "red ground" with potatoes. Usually no more than an acre was sown and, provided the remaining area within the field was little more than an acre (as in the case of the "back meadow" in Figure 14) it was planted with oats. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title red ground
title_short red ground
title_full red ground
title_fullStr red ground
title_full_unstemmed red ground
title_sort red ground
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70158
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
1974 MANNION Irish Settlements 63
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15553
R_15553_red
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