Woman's Wish Books
woman n One summer while I was at my aunt's house in Island Cove - about 5 miles from Heart's Ease - she sent her son Bill up to Long Beach for the mail, as there was no post office in Is- lad Cove. When he came back, he had a "Woman's Wish Book" for his mother. This was a c...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183 |
| Summary: | woman n One summer while I was at my aunt's house in Island Cove - about 5 miles from Heart's Ease - she sent her son Bill up to Long Beach for the mail, as there was no post office in Is- lad Cove. When he came back, he had a "Woman's Wish Book" for his mother. This was a catalogue from Eaton's or Simpson's in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. He always called catologues "Wo- man's Wish Books" or "The Woman's Bible". Whenever he'd see his sister Mil and I look through one he'd say we were study- ing our Bible again. Used I Not used Withdrawn [see 'wish book', 'woman's bible'] withdrawn but no stamp |
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