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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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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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