Newfoundland words and sayings
The words I grew up with in Upper Island Cove, and what they mean. Each one is checked against the Dictionary of Newfoundland English or another source, linked on its page.
C
- Colcannon
- A hash of vegetables, sometimes with meat, eaten on Hallowe'en. That's why some places call Hallowe'en colcannon night.
M
- Mummers
- People in disguise who go house to house over the Christmas season, and you try to guess who they are.
