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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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76183 2023-12-31T10:19:23+01:00 Woman's Wish Books xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183 eng eng W Rosiland Drodge English 340, 67/68 Island Cove Heard from Bill Smith, my cousin, aged 22, now living in Ontario. He used to say this in Island Cove when he was around 14. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15771 W_15771_woman n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z 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 Used I Not used Withdrawn [see 'wish book', 'woman's bible'] withdrawn but no stamp Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Woman's Wish Books
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title Woman's Wish Books
title_short Woman's Wish Books
title_full Woman's Wish Books
title_fullStr Woman's Wish Books
title_full_unstemmed Woman's Wish Books
title_sort woman's wish books
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Rosiland Drodge English 340, 67/68
Island Cove Heard from Bill Smith, my cousin, aged 22, now living in Ontario. He used to say this in Island Cove when he was around 14.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15771
W_15771_woman n
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76183
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