carpenters

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12710

carpenter n JW. what about insects? R. Insects [PT] - spiders [PT], 'carpenters'[PT] even- you know, the little . I don't . we call them 'carpenters'. [PT] JW. What are they (anyway)? Lyn talked about these R. I .I think they're called woodlice [PT] JW. Ah, that's what . we thought they were. Rather an oval-shape, grey-backed thing? R. Yeah, Mm-mm. JW. An' they're called a carpenter? R. Yeah. Yeah. JW. Yeah. R. . absoultely helpless . and you know, when anybody comes up against them ,and certainly harmless. But I'm still terrified of them, you know. JW. Mm. Yeah. R. Usually I take a nice big Kleenex an' let them crawl up the end of it an' then run in! JW. You do pretty well to do that! R. . Yeah. but anything bigger, well I'll call out. JW. Mm. Now this is just a . a dislike of . of . the physical sense, really? R. That's right. JW. It's quite differ- ent from . from the other sort of fear, in a sense. R. Yeah. Yes DNE-cit J. WIDDOSON Used I Used I Not used cafner, BOAT BUILDER Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 07 Apr 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.