twelfth : ~ cake
twelfth-cake n I have heard my grandmother (born 1835) talk about the 'Twelfth Cake', and an old gentleman of about the same age, but living in a different part of the island, told me that he had heard his father say that it was the custom to make twelve small bonfires in the village on Tw...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1989
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73536 |
| Summary: | twelfth-cake n I have heard my grandmother (born 1835) talk about the 'Twelfth Cake', and an old gentleman of about the same age, but living in a different part of the island, told me that he had heard his father say that it was the custom to make twelve small bonfires in the village on Twelfth Night. His ancestors came from Gloucestershire. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story AUG. 1 1989 WK Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup twelfth bun, Christmas n 1 |
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