Catchie

catchie "Catchie" pronounced _"Kedgie."_ I heard this on C.B.C radio in "Late" October 1966. A number of unnamedd fishermen were interviewed about the Newfoundland fishery in the early days of this century. One old captain (at least he was called a captain) said a "...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16902
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/16902 2023-12-31T10:14:53+01:00 Catchie 1966/11/10 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16902 eng eng C 97 67-20 Paul Vavasour English 340 22 St John's a C.B.C radio program from old fisherman determined about the fishing from the years about War War One Oct 1966 Nov 9, 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 19070 C_19070_catchie http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16902 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z catchie "Catchie" pronounced _"Kedgie."_ I heard this on C.B.C radio in "Late" October 1966. A number of unnamedd fishermen were interviewed about the Newfoundland fishery in the early days of this century. One old captain (at least he was called a captain) said a "kedgie" was a young boy 12 or 13 years of age or board a schooner who stays aboard with "cookie" (the cook) and the captain while the dories are out on the water. His job is to 'catch' the lines from the dories and ties them up when they comes alongsides.' Hence 'catchie' or 'kedgie.' DICT CEN. NOV 10 1966 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'kadge, 'kedgie,'cadg Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 14 Jul 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside collected by Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Catchie
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description catchie "Catchie" pronounced _"Kedgie."_ I heard this on C.B.C radio in "Late" October 1966. A number of unnamedd fishermen were interviewed about the Newfoundland fishery in the early days of this century. One old captain (at least he was called a captain) said a "kedgie" was a young boy 12 or 13 years of age or board a schooner who stays aboard with "cookie" (the cook) and the captain while the dories are out on the water. His job is to 'catch' the lines from the dories and ties them up when they comes alongsides.' Hence 'catchie' or 'kedgie.' DICT CEN. NOV 10 1966 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'kadge, 'kedgie,'cadg Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 14 Jul 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside collected by
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title Catchie
title_short Catchie
title_full Catchie
title_fullStr Catchie
title_full_unstemmed Catchie
title_sort catchie
publishDate 1966
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16902
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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97 67-20
Paul Vavasour English 340 22 St John's a C.B.C radio program from old fisherman determined about the fishing from the years about War War One Oct 1966 Nov 9, 1966
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
19070
C_19070_catchie
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