_turn_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72198

turn - an opening in a wall between kitchen and dining room about 2'x2'. There is a ledge about 8" wide to lay a tray or dishes on and a door that may be closed. I've seen these in three or four convents. The sisters didn't usually go to the kitchen so the dishes of food were passed into the dining room and taken to a side table. [Reverse] I've also seen a dumb waiter - a cabinet with 2 or 3 shelves that is hoisted or lowered by ropes from upstairs dining room to basement kitchen + vise versa. It was also called a 'turn'. I've seen the same type thing in a restaurant but run by electricity. My grandmother had one that was accessible by two rooms - the dining room and sitting room. In the convents a bell is tinkled to show that the diners were ready to eat. My grandmother had an electric signal that rang in the kitchen. In my Grandmother's house between the kitchen and breakfast room was a turn as described above but it turned. At this time the kitchen was nolonger in the basement and the dumb-waters were no longer in use. 32 Yes DICT CEN. JW Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at T_17466