rafted

raft 2 v An interesting story . . . is that a dying person who was 'rafted' by any member of the family (or otherwise) would be sure to live for an extra nine days. This was regarded by the old people as something evil. _Note_ The word 'rafted' here means disturbed; for example i...

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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/71856
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/71856 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 rafted image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71856 eng eng R Tony Etchegary, Ms 69-12/166 St. Lawrence References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12996 R_12996_raft 2 v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71856 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z raft 2 v An interesting story . . . is that a dying person who was 'rafted' by any member of the family (or otherwise) would be sure to live for an extra nine days. This was regarded by the old people as something evil. _Note_ The word 'rafted' here means disturbed; for example if a dying person was transferred from one bed to another, or taken out of bed for any reason. DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Used I Used I Used I Only a portion of the cited quotation is used in the dictionary; the citation in the dictionary starts at "a" in the first line and runs to the period in the third line; it then starts again at "for example" in the first line of the part under "Note". Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
rafted
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description raft 2 v An interesting story . . . is that a dying person who was 'rafted' by any member of the family (or otherwise) would be sure to live for an extra nine days. This was regarded by the old people as something evil. _Note_ The word 'rafted' here means disturbed; for example if a dying person was transferred from one bed to another, or taken out of bed for any reason. DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Used I Used I Used I Only a portion of the cited quotation is used in the dictionary; the citation in the dictionary starts at "a" in the first line and runs to the period in the third line; it then starts again at "for example" in the first line of the part under "Note".
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title rafted
title_short rafted
title_full rafted
title_fullStr rafted
title_full_unstemmed rafted
title_sort rafted
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71856
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
Tony Etchegary, Ms 69-12/166
St. Lawrence
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12996
R_12996_raft 2 v
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