capelin sick

caplin n 'When the capelin came on the coast the first that arrived were males. .When the males had been on the coast about a week, then came a mixture of females. . On an average about one-tenth of the capelin were females. When they had deposited their spawn the males deposited their milt and...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13419
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/13419 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 capelin sick 1974/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13419 eng eng C [1887] 1891 PACKARD Labrador Coast 401-2 104 1 P2 Quoting N. Atwood in Fisheries of U.S. Use original. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13195 C_13195_caplin n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13419 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 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z caplin n 'When the capelin came on the coast the first that arrived were males. .When the males had been on the coast about a week, then came a mixture of females. . On an average about one-tenth of the capelin were females. When they had deposited their spawn the males deposited their milt and made the whole water white. Then the females went off. Soon after the fishing slacked off, and we used to say they were capelin sick. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DEC 1974 W.J. KIRWIN JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I 2 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 Tue 31 Mar 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection 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
capelin sick
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description caplin n 'When the capelin came on the coast the first that arrived were males. .When the males had been on the coast about a week, then came a mixture of females. . On an average about one-tenth of the capelin were females. When they had deposited their spawn the males deposited their milt and made the whole water white. Then the females went off. Soon after the fishing slacked off, and we used to say they were capelin sick. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DEC 1974 W.J. KIRWIN JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I 2 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 Tue 31 Mar 2015
format Manuscript
title capelin sick
title_short capelin sick
title_full capelin sick
title_fullStr capelin sick
title_full_unstemmed capelin sick
title_sort capelin sick
publishDate 1974
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13419
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 C
[1887] 1891 PACKARD Labrador Coast 401-2
104 1 P2 Quoting N. Atwood in Fisheries of U.S. Use original.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13195
C_13195_caplin n
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