court work

court n About ten years ago, just before King David [the goat] give up jumpin' fences, he destroyed Grampa Walcott's cabbage garden and they had court work over it. 'Twas up in the school on Saturday morning. The Ranger (that was before the Mounties) measured the height of Grampa Walc...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14492
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14492 2023-12-31T10:19:15+01:00 court work 1977/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14492 eng eng C 1975 RUSSEL Uncle Mose 9 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15813 C_15813_court http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14492 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z court n About ten years ago, just before King David [the goat] give up jumpin' fences, he destroyed Grampa Walcott's cabbage garden and they had court work over it. 'Twas up in the school on Saturday morning. The Ranger (that was before the Mounties) measured the height of Grampa Walcott's fence and even brought the goat into court and measured his yoke. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUN 1977 JH JUN 1977 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I court work, law work Checked by Jordyn Hughes Wed 22 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
court work
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description court n About ten years ago, just before King David [the goat] give up jumpin' fences, he destroyed Grampa Walcott's cabbage garden and they had court work over it. 'Twas up in the school on Saturday morning. The Ranger (that was before the Mounties) measured the height of Grampa Walcott's fence and even brought the goat into court and measured his yoke. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUN 1977 JH JUN 1977 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I court work, law work Checked by Jordyn Hughes Wed 22 Jun 2016
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title court work
title_short court work
title_full court work
title_fullStr court work
title_full_unstemmed court work
title_sort court work
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14492
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
1975 RUSSEL Uncle Mose 9
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15813
C_15813_court
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