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olallie
< Chinook Jargon "berry"
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:olellie, olilie, ollala, ollallie, etc.
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
any of several berries, especially the salmonberry.
Quotations
1855
. . . his bark platter [was] filled top heavy with the most delicious melange of bear's grease, dog's flesh, wappatoes, olellies, amutes, and a profusion of other viands, roots and berries.
1863
Their food is principally fish, and bread made from a species of berries and moss, which they term Olally sapolel, signifying berry bread.
1915
How he calculated to feed two with the one basket of o-lil-ies (berries) . . . did not seem to worry the community, as such things were taking place every day . . . and the klootchman always seemed to survive the ordeal.
1954
Olallie juice was given a baby after he was weaned, and wild-strawberry leaves dried and powdered was an effective remedy for his sore mouth.
2n.
the bush such berries grow on. Also olallie bush.
Quotations
1922
. . . the ollallie bushes were heavy with blossom
1925
The Service-berry or June-berry . . . is called Saskatoon . . . and I have heard it alluded to as the Oolalie in this Province [B.C.].
1948
. . . the snake fences [are] half hidden by wild rose, hawthorn and ollala.