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Mother-in-Law Doors

Mother-in-Law Doors

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On a trip to visit my mother’s home town, I noticed changes in the communities along the way, including in their mother-in-law doors

Sources

Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition with supplement, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage, 2025, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ ◘

The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by Garry Cranford, Flanker Press, 2018 ◘

◘ Kurt Kohlstedt, “Doors to Nowhere: Elevated Front Entries in Newfoundland Raise Questions,” 99% Invisible, April 4, 2021, https://99percentinvisible.org/article/doors-to-nowhere-elevated-front-entries-in-newfoundland-raise-questions/ ◘

◘ Nora Reid, “Report on 28 - 30 Young Street, Welland: ‘The Morwood House,” Welland Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, January 1, 1990, https://www.welland.ca/Heritage/reports/MorwoodHouse.pdf ◘

◘ “Roamin’ Round,” The Western Star, May 22, 1970, page 4, https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/westernstar/WesternStar19700523.pdf ◘

◘ “Roamin’ Round,” The Western Star, September 9, 1972, page 4, https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/westernstar/id/117152/rec/2 ◘

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