_tanzy_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78627

tanzy 1 n Tanzy is a aromatic fern like plant, found in many areas in Newfoundland. Grows wild; not cultivated in the sense that vegetables are, although it may not be native to the Island. When boiled the herb itself, but generally the water in which it was boiled, was given to young girls who feared they [Reverse] might be pregnant. I heard the expression just recently when a woman who came home for a visit from New York after an absence of some years and failed to recognize another woman who felt snubbed. "Ah", the older woman said, She don't know me now. But she forgets how many times I put on the tanzy pot for her when the dirty thing stood up for any boy that came along." [3] plant Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit _COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSION_ Abortifacient JW Not used Not used Not used leaf of the tansy, tansy poultices, tansy water, tansy tea, tansy leaves NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY reverse of card at T_12917 DNE-cit appears on card, but not used in dictionary