barking kettle

barking On a hill above Bauline stands the huge black barking kettle. There are still a few copper ones in Newfoundland. This one is made of iron, and looks like something out of a witches' scene in _Macbeth_. In spring they fill it with a tarry mixture (it used to be bark from the forests), li...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11807
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11807 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 barking kettle 1970/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11807 eng eng B 1969 HORWOOD Newfoundland 144-145 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 2437 B_2437_barking http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11807 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z barking On a hill above Bauline stands the huge black barking kettle. There are still a few copper ones in Newfoundland. This one is made of iron, and looks like something out of a witches' scene in _Macbeth_. In spring they fill it with a tarry mixture (it used to be bark from the forests), light a fire underneath, and, while the aromatic smoke and steam drift down over the village, whole / trap crews cure their nets, steeping them section by section in the hot liquid to ward off attacks by airborne fungi, bacteria, and marine organisms. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I 'Macbeth' is underlined in quotation. 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
barking kettle
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description barking On a hill above Bauline stands the huge black barking kettle. There are still a few copper ones in Newfoundland. This one is made of iron, and looks like something out of a witches' scene in _Macbeth_. In spring they fill it with a tarry mixture (it used to be bark from the forests), light a fire underneath, and, while the aromatic smoke and steam drift down over the village, whole / trap crews cure their nets, steeping them section by section in the hot liquid to ward off attacks by airborne fungi, bacteria, and marine organisms. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I 'Macbeth' is underlined in quotation.
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title barking kettle
title_short barking kettle
title_full barking kettle
title_fullStr barking kettle
title_full_unstemmed barking kettle
title_sort barking kettle
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11807
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
1969 HORWOOD Newfoundland 144-145
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
2437
B_2437_barking
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