chovies

chovy n Years ago in Pigeon Inlet, the last thing a man'd do before he'd go to bed in the nights, was to make sure he had a good supply of chovies all ready to light his fire with next morning'. Grampa says makin' chovies was a skillful piece of business, and a man with a good sh...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14400
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14400 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 chovies 1978/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14400 eng eng C 1977 Russell Pigeon Inlet 118 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13985 C_13985_chovy n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14400 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 1978 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z chovy n Years ago in Pigeon Inlet, the last thing a man'd do before he'd go to bed in the nights, was to make sure he had a good supply of chovies all ready to light his fire with next morning'. Grampa says makin' chovies was a skillful piece of business, and a man with a good sharp knife and some dry kindlin' could make 'em right bushy and fancy like. Another thing about chovies. Durin' the bad times, chovies was a great savin' on matches. A man wantin' to light his pipe'd just crack a limb off a chovy and hold it in the front grate of the stove. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I choby, chopy, chuffy, shovy, MOP, MOP-HEAD, SHAVINGS Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland 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
chovies
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description chovy n Years ago in Pigeon Inlet, the last thing a man'd do before he'd go to bed in the nights, was to make sure he had a good supply of chovies all ready to light his fire with next morning'. Grampa says makin' chovies was a skillful piece of business, and a man with a good sharp knife and some dry kindlin' could make 'em right bushy and fancy like. Another thing about chovies. Durin' the bad times, chovies was a great savin' on matches. A man wantin' to light his pipe'd just crack a limb off a chovy and hold it in the front grate of the stove. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I choby, chopy, chuffy, shovy, MOP, MOP-HEAD, SHAVINGS Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015
format Manuscript
title chovies
title_short chovies
title_full chovies
title_fullStr chovies
title_full_unstemmed chovies
title_sort chovies
publishDate 1978
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14400
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
1977 Russell Pigeon Inlet 118
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13985
C_13985_chovy n
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