chin-music

cheek n One of the favorite pastimes of a crew, while 'in baitin,' is a dance.There was no fiddler, but only a boy who sang for them, or, according to the Newfoundland vernacular, made 'chin-music.' . . when I entered, the host was leadiing off with an opening break-down. The orc...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12461
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/12461 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 chin-music 1979/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12461 eng eng C [1879] 1887 The Fishing Grounds of N. America Fishery Industries of the U.S., Sect IV, p.79 Bay Bulls References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13729 C_13729_cheek n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12461 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 1979 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z cheek n One of the favorite pastimes of a crew, while 'in baitin,' is a dance.There was no fiddler, but only a boy who sang for them, or, according to the Newfoundland vernacular, made 'chin-music.' . . when I entered, the host was leadiing off with an opening break-down. The orchestra furnished 'chin-music.' The musician was a young man who hummed in a sort of grunting nasal tone various tunes of proper time for square dances. it was a succession of nasal tones in the key of C.Their dances were all the square dances, and generally the well- known lancers. The various figures were called off by one of the crew. W. Kirwin 3/79 JH 3/79 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Not used FACE, cheek music, CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 25 Apr 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description cheek n One of the favorite pastimes of a crew, while 'in baitin,' is a dance.There was no fiddler, but only a boy who sang for them, or, according to the Newfoundland vernacular, made 'chin-music.' . . when I entered, the host was leadiing off with an opening break-down. The orchestra furnished 'chin-music.' The musician was a young man who hummed in a sort of grunting nasal tone various tunes of proper time for square dances. it was a succession of nasal tones in the key of C.Their dances were all the square dances, and generally the well- known lancers. The various figures were called off by one of the crew. W. Kirwin 3/79 JH 3/79 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Not used FACE, cheek music, CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 25 Apr 2015
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title chin-music
title_short chin-music
title_full chin-music
title_fullStr chin-music
title_full_unstemmed chin-music
title_sort chin-music
publishDate 1979
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12461
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation C
[1879] 1887 The Fishing Grounds of N. America
Fishery Industries of the U.S., Sect IV, p.79 Bay Bulls
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13729
C_13729_cheek n
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