conch shell
conch n "Well, I went down t' Jimmie Lot's stage, where the bait-skiff horn was kept, and fetched it back. 'Twas a conch shell, with a hole in it: so that if a man knowed how t'use lips an' lungs on it he could blow a blast that would wake the harbour. In the caplin sea...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14585 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 conch shell 1970/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14585 eng eng C 1912 DUNCAN Best of a Bad Job 139-40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15340 C_15340_conch http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14585 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z conch n "Well, I went down t' Jimmie Lot's stage, where the bait-skiff horn was kept, and fetched it back. 'Twas a conch shell, with a hole in it: so that if a man knowed how t'use lips an' lungs on it he could blow a blast that would wake the harbour. In the caplin season, when they uses them little fish for bait, the folk take turns at mannin' the skiff. 'Tis the bait-skiff conch that calls un t' put out; an' 'tis the bait-skiff conch that warms the harbour that the skiff is back with the bait." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I conk*, CHIRPER Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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conch n "Well, I went down t' Jimmie Lot's stage, where the bait-skiff horn was kept, and fetched it back. 'Twas a conch shell, with a hole in it: so that if a man knowed how t'use lips an' lungs on it he could blow a blast that would wake the harbour. In the caplin season, when they uses them little fish for bait, the folk take turns at mannin' the skiff. 'Tis the bait-skiff conch that calls un t' put out; an' 'tis the bait-skiff conch that warms the harbour that the skiff is back with the bait." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I conk*, CHIRPER Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jun 2016 |
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C 1912 DUNCAN Best of a Bad Job 139-40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15340 C_15340_conch http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14585 |
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