Chop the beams out

chop v I remember last Christmas while I was home a man, (John R. Durnford) came into the house. This man doesn't come to out house very often. When he came in my brother Will made a state- ment similar to this: "My God, look who just came in. We haven't got any beams and certainly if...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14083
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14083 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 Chop the beams out xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14083 eng eng C Francois John Dollimaunt - Eng. 340 67/68 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13969 C_13969_chop v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14083 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z chop v I remember last Christmas while I was home a man, (John R. Durnford) came into the house. This man doesn't come to out house very often. When he came in my brother Will made a state- ment similar to this: "My God, look who just came in. We haven't got any beams and certainly if we had any we'd have to chop them out." I am not sure what the significance of this is but I can remember the use of the statement "chop the beams out of the house when a strange person came in", being used a number of times in the past. _Beams_ This is usually associated with a two- story house. The supports for the second floor (card from proverbial phrases) Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used chop the beam, NOTCH Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Chop the beams out
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description chop v I remember last Christmas while I was home a man, (John R. Durnford) came into the house. This man doesn't come to out house very often. When he came in my brother Will made a state- ment similar to this: "My God, look who just came in. We haven't got any beams and certainly if we had any we'd have to chop them out." I am not sure what the significance of this is but I can remember the use of the statement "chop the beams out of the house when a strange person came in", being used a number of times in the past. _Beams_ This is usually associated with a two- story house. The supports for the second floor (card from proverbial phrases) Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used chop the beam, NOTCH Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015
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title Chop the beams out
title_short Chop the beams out
title_full Chop the beams out
title_fullStr Chop the beams out
title_full_unstemmed Chop the beams out
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Francois John Dollimaunt - Eng. 340 67/68
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13969
C_13969_chop v
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