Add to ORKGdroke nAn isolated patch of woods. This word is quite common in the Bonavista Bay area but is not used on the south coast to my knowledge. I had never heard it until I taught in a Bonavista Bay community.YesDICT CEN JWUsed I and SupUsed I and SupNot usedThis is from a Newfoundland Folklore Survey card
crunnick n_Crannies_ [PT]JW This was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees...
droke nV is for var / That grows in the droke; / It's known as a fir tree / To upalong folk.PRINTED...
droke nIt denotes a sloping valley between two hills. When wood extends across it, it is called a ...
droke nof wood, denoting a wood extending from one side of a valley to the other. In old English the...
drung nThis word is used around Sandy Cove, Bonavista Bay. It is the name used for a laneway peperat...
droke n'DROKE' In a poem submitted by a writer in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, and published in...
drung n_Drung_ - an outport expression for lane. Heard a lot in summertime when I visit the place wh...
droke ndown the appo/site hill-sde pusehd the deer for cover at the head of the _droke_ (Newfoundla...
starrigan nThis was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees, that were chopp...
starrigan nThis was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees, that were chopp...
droke nAt Trepassey the _Droke_ (Drook), and one near Carbonear. . . . "A Droke," Rev. William WIls...
droke n"A Droke of Birches" - refers to a small clump of birches found in a small valley.JH 1/70Used...
droke n174. drouch. "droke" probably - a droke is frequenly a steep sided valley or ravine but a ...
drung nA "drung" is a narrow Rocky lane. This word is never used now but ont time all rocky lanes we...
crunnick n_Crannies_ [PT] JW This was the local name in Bonavista, for stunted , weather-beaten tr...
crunnick n_Crannies_ [PT]JW This was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees...
droke nV is for var / That grows in the droke; / It's known as a fir tree / To upalong folk.PRINTED...
droke nIt denotes a sloping valley between two hills. When wood extends across it, it is called a ...
droke nof wood, denoting a wood extending from one side of a valley to the other. In old English the...
drung nThis word is used around Sandy Cove, Bonavista Bay. It is the name used for a laneway peperat...
droke n'DROKE' In a poem submitted by a writer in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, and published in...
drung n_Drung_ - an outport expression for lane. Heard a lot in summertime when I visit the place wh...
droke ndown the appo/site hill-sde pusehd the deer for cover at the head of the _droke_ (Newfoundla...
starrigan nThis was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees, that were chopp...
starrigan nThis was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees, that were chopp...
droke nAt Trepassey the _Droke_ (Drook), and one near Carbonear. . . . "A Droke," Rev. William WIls...
droke n"A Droke of Birches" - refers to a small clump of birches found in a small valley.JH 1/70Used...
droke n174. drouch. "droke" probably - a droke is frequenly a steep sided valley or ravine but a ...
drung nA "drung" is a narrow Rocky lane. This word is never used now but ont time all rocky lanes we...
crunnick n_Crannies_ [PT] JW This was the local name in Bonavista, for stunted , weather-beaten tr...
crunnick n_Crannies_ [PT]JW This was the local name in Bonavista for stunted, weather-beaten trees...
droke nV is for var / That grows in the droke; / It's known as a fir tree / To upalong folk.PRINTED...
droke nIt denotes a sloping valley between two hills. When wood extends across it, it is called a ...