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UP SPIRITS [4 records]

Record 1 2024-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
OBS

The MMNN is a First Nation owned, community focused monthly newspaper with a particular expertise in Mi’kmaq culture. The objectives of the newspaper are to celebrate and lift people up/lift their spirits with an emphasis on positive stories and success stories in the Mi’kmaq community, to archive and record history, to educate, and to provide information on current stories and events that have relevance to the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet people in Atlantic Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
OBS

Halloween is celebrated on October 31st in Canada. Halloween is a favorite family celebration-a time for traditions such as dressing in costumes, trick-or-treating around the neighbourhood, and carving pumpkins. Children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go "trick or treating, "and neighbours are expected to respond by giving them small treats. Adults may also dress in costume for Halloween parties. Halloween(the evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day) is a secular celebration based on ancient Druid customs dating back to 700 B. C. The Druids, a Celtic religious order in ancient Britain, Ireland and France, believed that the souls of the dead returned to mingle with the living on "hallowed eve, "October 31. Each year on that night, the Druids would make bonfires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals, and individuals would dress in costumes to disguise themselves from these spirits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Se célèbre en Amérique du Nord le 31 octobre, la veille de la Toussaint.

OBS

Halloween est l'héritière de la fête de «Samhain», célébrée il y a plus de 2 500 ans chez les Celtes et les Gaulois. Cette fête était la plus importante de leurs fêtes. Dans le monde celte, la nuit du 31 octobre au 1er novembre était le début de la nouvelle année. C'était la fête de la divinité celtique Samhain. Elle était marquée par tout un cérémonial. Pendant cette nuit les esprits des trépassés pouvaient revenir dans leur demeure terrestre et les vivants devaient les accueillir. Mais l'ouverture des portes de l'autre monde permettait aussi l'intrusion d'esprits maléfiques. Les esprits des morts de l'année devaient partir dans l'autre monde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Festivales y carnavales y eventos sociales
OBS

Celebrado en algunos países el 31 de octubre, víspera del Día de Todos los Santos.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "Halloween" se escribe con mayúscula inicial por tratarse del nombre de una festividad.

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Record 3 2008-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
  • Naval Forces
CONT

The tradition of Up Spirits began in the 18th century. For many years the Royal Navy issued beer, wine and spirits in lieu of tea, cocoa and water on all ships.... In 1831 rum became the only alcoholic beverage served. In 1850 the issue was reduced to once a day at noon. The Canadian Navy upon its formation in 1910 took up this tradition.... The Canadian Navy continued with the daily issue of a tot until March 30, 1972.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
  • Forces navales
CONT

Rappelons que la tradition de Up Spirits remonte au 18e siècle. À cette époque, on distribuait sur tous les navires de la Royal Navy de la bière, du vin et des spiritueux de préférence au thé, au cacao ou à l'eau, une pratique courante durant de nombreuses années. [...] Puis, en 1831, le rhum devint la seule boisson alcoolisée servie à bord des navires et la ration quotidienne fut réduite à une once en 1850. Quant à la Marine canadienne, elle adopta cette tradition au moment de sa formation, en 1910. [...] Par ailleurs, la Marine canadienne conserva cette tradition jusqu'au 30 mars 1972 [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solvents and Petroleum Spirits
  • Aliphatic or Acyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
CONT

Safety-Kleen's 105 solvent is a mixed solvent made up of mineral spirits, a mixture of approximately 80 to 85 percent aliphatic hycrocarbons, and between 15 and 20 percent aromatic hydrocarbons, and one percent or less of chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants with a 105 flashpoint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Solvants et essences spéciales (Pétrole)
  • Hydrocarbures aliphatiques ou acycliques
  • Hydrocarbures aromatiques

Spanish

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