got the _bag_ on

bag n This is a term used when the cod fish is very plentiful - so plentiful that one trap skiff would not be able to carry the capacity of one trap. The remainder would be put in a net the shape of a bag, and tied to the trap, until the fishermen had time to come for it. "Dad and them got the...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12208
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/12208 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 got the _bag_ on 1972/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12208 eng eng B Jim Combden, 71-90/24 Barr'd Island References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 1589 B_1589_bag n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12208 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z bag n This is a term used when the cod fish is very plentiful - so plentiful that one trap skiff would not be able to carry the capacity of one trap. The remainder would be put in a net the shape of a bag, and tied to the trap, until the fishermen had time to come for it. "Dad and them got the bag on" was a common and joyous remark when I went to school. That was before the inshore fishery had declined to the present position. DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I COD 2; COD-BAG, DRAW v, n [see 'bags', 'bag net', 'bagged off', 'cod bag'] Checked by Suzanne Power on Thu 23 Jul 2015; Source listed as C 71-90 in DNE and only part of quot is used 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
got the _bag_ on
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description bag n This is a term used when the cod fish is very plentiful - so plentiful that one trap skiff would not be able to carry the capacity of one trap. The remainder would be put in a net the shape of a bag, and tied to the trap, until the fishermen had time to come for it. "Dad and them got the bag on" was a common and joyous remark when I went to school. That was before the inshore fishery had declined to the present position. DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I COD 2; COD-BAG, DRAW v, n [see 'bags', 'bag net', 'bagged off', 'cod bag'] Checked by Suzanne Power on Thu 23 Jul 2015; Source listed as C 71-90 in DNE and only part of quot is used
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title_full got the _bag_ on
title_fullStr got the _bag_ on
title_full_unstemmed got the _bag_ on
title_sort got the _bag_ on
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Jim Combden, 71-90/24
Barr'd Island
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
1589
B_1589_bag n
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