clay scrape

clay n _Clay scrape_- a height of land on which no trees or other vegetation grew. It was usually a steep piece of land, very difficult to climb because there was no vegetation to use as a foothold. Only last weekend [reverse] when we went to walk "in over the hills", my mother-in-law said...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14224 2023-12-31T10:16:20+01:00 clay scrape xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14224 eng eng C 16 71-106 14 Bridie Keating, 25, R.C., Long Hr., July 20, 1971, Denis Murphy, Father, Instructor, 54, Long Hr., P. Bay, Dad recalls this term from his childhood. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14239 C_14239_clay n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14224 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z clay n _Clay scrape_- a height of land on which no trees or other vegetation grew. It was usually a steep piece of land, very difficult to climb because there was no vegetation to use as a foothold. Only last weekend [reverse] when we went to walk "in over the hills", my mother-in-law said "Up the scrape is the shortest way to the hills." [see 'scrape'] Yes DNE-cit DICT. CEN Used I not used 1 Used I scrape Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 14 Oct 2015; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card"; reverse side of C_14238 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description clay n _Clay scrape_- a height of land on which no trees or other vegetation grew. It was usually a steep piece of land, very difficult to climb because there was no vegetation to use as a foothold. Only last weekend [reverse] when we went to walk "in over the hills", my mother-in-law said "Up the scrape is the shortest way to the hills." [see 'scrape'] Yes DNE-cit DICT. CEN Used I not used 1 Used I scrape Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 14 Oct 2015; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card"; reverse side of C_14238
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16 71-106 14
Bridie Keating, 25, R.C., Long Hr., July 20, 1971, Denis Murphy, Father, Instructor, 54, Long Hr., P. Bay, Dad recalls this term from his childhood.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14239
C_14239_clay n
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