caplin

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12927

caplin n In the spring when the (taties) potato ground was prepared we used to put down two pegs in the ground and tie a line between 'em. Den we took the prong and drawed it down over the line from one peg to the other. We always used a two prong rake. We made the trenches tree feet apart. We used to dig up every second trench and leave the other ones rounded up. Dis was allyin' up the ground. We put the potatoes (taties) in the ones we dug up. When the taties came up through (trew) the ground we used to put _capeln_ (caplin) on for fertilizer adn den we used to take the mud from the rounded trenches to cover the capeln over. Dis was called healin' the ground. Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I capelan, capellin, capeling, caplain, capline, capling, capon, ceaplin, ~bait, ~baiting, ~bunting, ~cart, ~fishery, ~mesh, ~pit, ~run, ~scull, ~season, ~seine, ~sick, ~spawn, ~time, ~trap, ~trip, ~voyage, ~weather, ~glut, ~skiff, BAITSKIFF, BAITING, SEINE Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 30 Mar 2015; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey" card