cut their tails

cut v Some of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wage...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1957
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17452
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/17452 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 cut their tails 1957/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17452 eng eng C 1866 WILSON Nfld & Its Missionaries 212 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17073 C_17073_cut v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17452 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 1957 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z cut v Some of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wages, and the other half belongs to the planter for the supplies. Such a person is said to "have half his hand." The "lay" is less than "half the hand." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1957 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I cut off (the linnet/twine), cut out (a young seal), cut-tail, cut-throat(er), cut-off, cut pole, cutwater, cut tails, cut throats Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 04 Jul 2016 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
cut their tails
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description cut v Some of the fisherman are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wages, and the other half belongs to the planter for the supplies. Such a person is said to "have half his hand." The "lay" is less than "half the hand." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1957 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I cut off (the linnet/twine), cut out (a young seal), cut-tail, cut-throat(er), cut-off, cut pole, cutwater, cut tails, cut throats Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 04 Jul 2016
format Manuscript
title cut their tails
title_short cut their tails
title_full cut their tails
title_fullStr cut their tails
title_full_unstemmed cut their tails
title_sort cut their tails
publishDate 1957
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/17452
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1866 WILSON Nfld & Its Missionaries 212
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17073
C_17073_cut v
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