Add to ORKGdows'y poll[PT] _dousy po:_This is the name we gave to the little white flying moths. To 'douse in the po' was also used to mean to slap on the _back_ of the head. 'A douse inside the head' also means a slap on the head.YesDICT CEN. DNE-citUsed I and SupUsed IUsed I~ po*Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside remembere
flacoon n pl"_Flacoons_" - this was the name given in my fathers trouton to "pancakes." Usually he ...
conk[PT] _conk_ - _"nose"_ such as " Wipe your dirty conk.YesDICT CEN.Not usedNot usedWithdrawnCh...
dows'y pollpronunciation?A moth.Used I and SupNot UsedUsed I[miller - see] ~ po*Checked by Jordyn Hu...
douse v- to smack or hit quickly This word was used by a Mrs. Marce Doyle of Saul Island Conc. Ba...
douse v"_Douse_" meaning to hit. My friend told me that if she misbehaved when she was a child her ...
hog_Hog-Wash_ [PT]JW My informant related to me that this term was used in the Hopeall area to de...
duckedy-mud nConsumption: This was a word used by the very old people to mea...
dawnies n pl"In the _dawnys_" - said of someone who is suffering a hangover from drinking too mu...
rinky-rankyThis word used by the children of Fox Hr. was applied to a see - saw . They would of...
doutFolk Language [PT]JW _dout_. We would use the expression dout the fire when we meant put the f...
douse v. . . a "douse" could be a hard slap, or a splash by a car or a heavy wetting. Some people...
poll_Pole_: "He was hit in the back of the pole." In other words a person was hit in the head. T...
_didoes_"kicking up _didoes_"[PT] a person who creates a lot of noise and confusion is said to be k...
douse v_Douse_ - to soak with water. A fire is put out by dousing it with water, in other word to ...
woolly dust _'oolly dust_[see also 'white 'ood', 'ood', 'ool'] This term was used to describe an ...
flacoon n pl"_Flacoons_" - this was the name given in my fathers trouton to "pancakes." Usually he ...
conk[PT] _conk_ - _"nose"_ such as " Wipe your dirty conk.YesDICT CEN.Not usedNot usedWithdrawnCh...
dows'y pollpronunciation?A moth.Used I and SupNot UsedUsed I[miller - see] ~ po*Checked by Jordyn Hu...
douse v- to smack or hit quickly This word was used by a Mrs. Marce Doyle of Saul Island Conc. Ba...
douse v"_Douse_" meaning to hit. My friend told me that if she misbehaved when she was a child her ...
hog_Hog-Wash_ [PT]JW My informant related to me that this term was used in the Hopeall area to de...
duckedy-mud nConsumption: This was a word used by the very old people to mea...
dawnies n pl"In the _dawnys_" - said of someone who is suffering a hangover from drinking too mu...
rinky-rankyThis word used by the children of Fox Hr. was applied to a see - saw . They would of...
doutFolk Language [PT]JW _dout_. We would use the expression dout the fire when we meant put the f...
douse v. . . a "douse" could be a hard slap, or a splash by a car or a heavy wetting. Some people...
poll_Pole_: "He was hit in the back of the pole." In other words a person was hit in the head. T...
_didoes_"kicking up _didoes_"[PT] a person who creates a lot of noise and confusion is said to be k...
douse v_Douse_ - to soak with water. A fire is put out by dousing it with water, in other word to ...
woolly dust _'oolly dust_[see also 'white 'ood', 'ood', 'ool'] This term was used to describe an ...
flacoon n pl"_Flacoons_" - this was the name given in my fathers trouton to "pancakes." Usually he ...
conk[PT] _conk_ - _"nose"_ such as " Wipe your dirty conk.YesDICT CEN.Not usedNot usedWithdrawnCh...
dows'y pollpronunciation?A moth.Used I and SupNot UsedUsed I[miller - see] ~ po*Checked by Jordyn Hu...