Collar Day

collar n The first of May is Collar Day. When you're shipped you must obey. When you're tied you can't run away. When girls were hired as cooks to go to the Labrador their period of service lasted from May 1 to October 31. Regardless of when they left for Labrador or returned, they ha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15013
id ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15013
record_format openpolar
spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15013 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 Collar Day 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15013 eng eng C William Hamlyn 67-6/87 Western Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15189 C_15189_collar http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15013 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z collar n The first of May is Collar Day. When you're shipped you must obey. When you're tied you can't run away. When girls were hired as cooks to go to the Labrador their period of service lasted from May 1 to October 31. Regardless of when they left for Labrador or returned, they had to work for the skipper who hired them for the entire period. DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not Used BOAT, RODE, BERTH, on the collar, go in collar, come to collar, break collar, collar boat, rodney, collar buoy, buoy, collar chain, collar day, collar punt, punt, collar time, get in the collar, get off the collar, collar time Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 16 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
op_collection_id ftmemorialunivdc
language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Collar Day
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description collar n The first of May is Collar Day. When you're shipped you must obey. When you're tied you can't run away. When girls were hired as cooks to go to the Labrador their period of service lasted from May 1 to October 31. Regardless of when they left for Labrador or returned, they had to work for the skipper who hired them for the entire period. DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not Used BOAT, RODE, BERTH, on the collar, go in collar, come to collar, break collar, collar boat, rodney, collar buoy, buoy, collar chain, collar day, collar punt, punt, collar time, get in the collar, get off the collar, collar time Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 16 Jun 2016
format Manuscript
title Collar Day
title_short Collar Day
title_full Collar Day
title_fullStr Collar Day
title_full_unstemmed Collar Day
title_sort collar day
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15013
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
William Hamlyn 67-6/87
Western Bay
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15189
C_15189_collar
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15013
_version_ 1786825651829866496

Similar Items