blubber barrels
blubber n [Bonfire Night] - Everyone was expected to get other things besides boughs. These things usually consisted of old clothes, wooden and cardboard boxes, papers, empty pork and blubber barrels. . . . . . . Blubber barr_els were the casks in which the fishermen would put fish liver in order to...
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| Language: | English |
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1973
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11348 |
| Summary: | blubber n [Bonfire Night] - Everyone was expected to get other things besides boughs. These things usually consisted of old clothes, wooden and cardboard boxes, papers, empty pork and blubber barrels. . . . . . . Blubber barr_els were the casks in which the fishermen would put fish liver in order to get the oil out of it. See cited quotation. G. M. Story JAN 1973 JH JAN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Not used |
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