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CORN BOIL [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
DEF

A picnic held usually in the fall, at which corn is roasted or boiled for eating off the cob.

OBS

corn boil: Acadian term for corn roast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
DEF

Réunion, et par extension fête, au cours de laquelle on épluche des épis de maïs.

OBS

Fête de groupe au cours de laquelle on décortique des épis de blé d'Inde [épis de maïs] qu'on déguste par la suite après les avoir fait bouillir. Les épluchettes sont synonymes de «réjouissances». Ce sont des veillées où tout en s'amusant le mieux possible, on fait surgir, tout autour de soi, des monceaux de feuilles de blé d'Inde et des pyramides de blancs épis.

Spanish

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