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comitant [PT] _Winterton Lore_ Uncle John Downey was known to the inhabitants as "the old '_comitant_'- Salvation Army Commandant. One day he sent his two sons, Walt and Jack, to get a slide load of small wood. They were supposed to be back by noon but it was much later when they turn...

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Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15378
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15378 2023-12-31T10:17:38+01:00 _comitant_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15378 eng eng C 16 71 -117 Eric F. Richards 47 N.C. Bareneed 1940's Wed. July 28, 1971 Allison Downey None Fisherman 56 Winerton Winterton U.C. Personal knowledge of place + inhabitants References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15274 C_15274_comitant http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15378 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z comitant [PT] _Winterton Lore_ Uncle John Downey was known to the inhabitants as "the old '_comitant_'- Salvation Army Commandant. One day he sent his two sons, Walt and Jack, to get a slide load of small wood. They were supposed to be back by noon but it was much later when they turned up and the skipper was out by the door to meet them. Turning to Jack he says [over] "Don't you know, my son, obedience is better than sacrifice?" "Yes sir!" says Jack, "But not as good as this 'grout' to burn!" [PT] GROUT is small wood for fuel. Yes DICT CEN. Not Used Not Used Not Used Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jun 2016, Reverse side of card at C_15275, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside elicited and dictated Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description comitant [PT] _Winterton Lore_ Uncle John Downey was known to the inhabitants as "the old '_comitant_'- Salvation Army Commandant. One day he sent his two sons, Walt and Jack, to get a slide load of small wood. They were supposed to be back by noon but it was much later when they turned up and the skipper was out by the door to meet them. Turning to Jack he says [over] "Don't you know, my son, obedience is better than sacrifice?" "Yes sir!" says Jack, "But not as good as this 'grout' to burn!" [PT] GROUT is small wood for fuel. Yes DICT CEN. Not Used Not Used Not Used Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jun 2016, Reverse side of card at C_15275, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside elicited and dictated
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16 71 -117
Eric F. Richards 47 N.C. Bareneed 1940's Wed. July 28, 1971 Allison Downey None Fisherman 56 Winerton Winterton U.C. Personal knowledge of place + inhabitants
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15274
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