ravel

ravel n - a piece of thread Find a ravel on someone's clothes means a jig (a date or boyfriend) for the person finding it. The length of the ravel also denotes the length of a letter the finder will receive. If the string is dark it means a dark haired person will be the "jig" or send...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70248
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/70248 2023-12-31T10:19:13+01:00 ravel image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70248 eng eng R Winnie Martin (Folklore Dept.) St. John's West - Nov. 1972 St. John's (West) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13483 R_13483_ravel n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70248 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 ravel n - a piece of thread Find a ravel on someone's clothes means a jig (a date or boyfriend) for the person finding it. The length of the ravel also denotes the length of a letter the finder will receive. If the string is dark it means a dark haired person will be the "jig" or sender of the letter. A light string a blond person. DNE-cit JH Nov. 1972 Used I Used I Used I only lines 2 & 3 of the quotation are used in the dictionary. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
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
ravel
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ravel n - a piece of thread Find a ravel on someone's clothes means a jig (a date or boyfriend) for the person finding it. The length of the ravel also denotes the length of a letter the finder will receive. If the string is dark it means a dark haired person will be the "jig" or sender of the letter. A light string a blond person. DNE-cit JH Nov. 1972 Used I Used I Used I only lines 2 & 3 of the quotation are used in the dictionary.
format Manuscript
title ravel
title_short ravel
title_full ravel
title_fullStr ravel
title_full_unstemmed ravel
title_sort ravel
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70248
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
Winnie Martin (Folklore Dept.)
St. John's West - Nov. 1972 St. John's (West)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13483
R_13483_ravel n
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