big squid

big A perfect specimen was taken in a net at Logie Bay. During the hauling in of a herring net the creature got somehow entangled in its folds.It proved to be a gigantic cuttle-fish or calamary, and is called by the fishermen a "big squid." The two long arms or tentacles were found to meas...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11410
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11410 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 big squid 1975/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11410 eng eng B [1873] 1883 HATTON & HARVEY Nfld 240 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 3806 B_3806_big http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11410 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1975 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z big A perfect specimen was taken in a net at Logie Bay. During the hauling in of a herring net the creature got somehow entangled in its folds.It proved to be a gigantic cuttle-fish or calamary, and is called by the fishermen a "big squid." The two long arms or tentacles were found to measure each twenty-four feet, and to be three inches in circumference; the eight shorter arms were each six feet in length, and at the point of junction with the central mass, were ten inches in circumference. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G,MStory DEC 1975 JH DEC 1975 Used I Used I 3 Used I cite found under head word "squid", not "big" Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
big squid
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description big A perfect specimen was taken in a net at Logie Bay. During the hauling in of a herring net the creature got somehow entangled in its folds.It proved to be a gigantic cuttle-fish or calamary, and is called by the fishermen a "big squid." The two long arms or tentacles were found to measure each twenty-four feet, and to be three inches in circumference; the eight shorter arms were each six feet in length, and at the point of junction with the central mass, were ten inches in circumference. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G,MStory DEC 1975 JH DEC 1975 Used I Used I 3 Used I cite found under head word "squid", not "big"
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title big squid
title_short big squid
title_full big squid
title_fullStr big squid
title_full_unstemmed big squid
title_sort big squid
publishDate 1975
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11410
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
[1873] 1883 HATTON & HARVEY Nfld 240
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
3806
B_3806_big
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