waker

wake n It is expected of every waker before he has been at the house long, to go and see the corpse. Some wakers seem to spend most of their time there. It is not a custom for the waker to bring his own lunch . . . JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Not used Withdrawn wake-house, ~ room

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78454
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/78454 2023-12-31T10:18:32+01:00 waker 1973/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78454 eng eng W Gerald Combden, 69-7Ms/047 Barr'd Islands, Fogo References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13842 W_13842_wake n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78454 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 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z wake n It is expected of every waker before he has been at the house long, to go and see the corpse. Some wakers seem to spend most of their time there. It is not a custom for the waker to bring his own lunch . . . JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Not used Withdrawn wake-house, ~ room Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
waker
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description wake n It is expected of every waker before he has been at the house long, to go and see the corpse. Some wakers seem to spend most of their time there. It is not a custom for the waker to bring his own lunch . . . JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Not used Withdrawn wake-house, ~ room
format Manuscript
title waker
title_short waker
title_full waker
title_fullStr waker
title_full_unstemmed waker
title_sort waker
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78454
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 W
Gerald Combden, 69-7Ms/047
Barr'd Islands, Fogo
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13842
W_13842_wake n
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