Twelfth Cake

twelfth-cake n January 6 - Epiphany - It was looked upon as the last or twelfth day of Christmas. It was a holiday and there was always a spree, dance or party or it could be a card party and dance. There was also the cake known as the "Twelfth Cake." Cakes were generally associated with C...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76296
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76296 2023-12-31T10:19:21+01:00 Twelfth Cake 1973/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76296 eng eng T Sr. Margaret Stuckless, MS 71-44/92 Red Head Cove, C.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17511 T_17511_twelfth-cake n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76296 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z twelfth-cake n January 6 - Epiphany - It was looked upon as the last or twelfth day of Christmas. It was a holiday and there was always a spree, dance or party or it could be a card party and dance. There was also the cake known as the "Twelfth Cake." Cakes were generally associated with Christmas and at this affair the "Twelfth Cake" would be shared by all. This "Twelfth Cake" usually consisted of several large individual cakes brought by the women of the community and everybody had a piece of one of the cakes that night. DNE-cit JH 10/73 Used Sup Used Sup Withdrawn stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Twelfth Cake
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description twelfth-cake n January 6 - Epiphany - It was looked upon as the last or twelfth day of Christmas. It was a holiday and there was always a spree, dance or party or it could be a card party and dance. There was also the cake known as the "Twelfth Cake." Cakes were generally associated with Christmas and at this affair the "Twelfth Cake" would be shared by all. This "Twelfth Cake" usually consisted of several large individual cakes brought by the women of the community and everybody had a piece of one of the cakes that night. DNE-cit JH 10/73 Used Sup Used Sup Withdrawn stamped but not used
format Manuscript
title Twelfth Cake
title_short Twelfth Cake
title_full Twelfth Cake
title_fullStr Twelfth Cake
title_full_unstemmed Twelfth Cake
title_sort twelfth cake
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76296
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 T
Sr. Margaret Stuckless, MS 71-44/92
Red Head Cove, C.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17511
T_17511_twelfth-cake n
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