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copying vbl n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. The sheet of ice could float a person...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15085 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 copyen 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15085 eng eng C Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/37 Englee References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15578 C_15578_copying http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15085 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 copying vbl n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. The sheet of ice could float a person or more, but the pans you jumped from one to another could not float you. In order to go copyen one had to be prepared to be on the move all the time because of the fact that the small pieces could not float you. It was a very dangerous business. If you were jumping from ->one big pan of ice to another it was not considered copyen but just walking on the ice, it was only copyen when there was danger. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I cobbying*, cockeying, conkying*, coodying*, coonying*, COPY Checked by Jordyn Hughes Tue 21 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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copying vbl n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. The sheet of ice could float a person or more, but the pans you jumped from one to another could not float you. In order to go copyen one had to be prepared to be on the move all the time because of the fact that the small pieces could not float you. It was a very dangerous business. If you were jumping from ->one big pan of ice to another it was not considered copyen but just walking on the ice, it was only copyen when there was danger. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I cobbying*, cockeying, conkying*, coodying*, coonying*, COPY Checked by Jordyn Hughes Tue 21 Jun 2016 |
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C Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/37 Englee References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15578 C_15578_copying http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15085 |
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