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Gooseberries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm
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Descriptive TitleGooseberries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm
TopicFood
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
KeywordsGooseberries
DescriptionDiscussion of the gooseberry tree outside Bridget Jacobs' door. The berries turn dark when they are ripe and ready to eat. Gooseberries grow all over Fogo Island including Sandy Cove, Tilting.
Date2007-08-24
CollectorPower, Maureen
InformantJacobs, Bridget
Location Depicted/DiscussedCanada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Joe Batt's Arm
Relation.Is Part OfBerry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm. ICHFP00181.
NotesCrackerberry or cracker is the local name for the bunchberry, a dogwood (Cornus Canadensis). The bakeapple is the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus). The partridgeberry is the mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) or cowberry. (Waghorne, 1888)
FormatVideo/wmv
Extent02:35 minutes; 19.8 MB
TypeMoving Image
Resource TypeVideo
IdentifierICHFP00180
LanguageEng
RepositoryMemorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225
CollectionIntangible Cultural Heritage Inventory - Central Newfoundland
GPSCanada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Joe Batt's Arm
Topic.TGMBerries; Preserves
DownloadableYes
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