cut v cut his tails
cut v _Cut one's Tails_: A boy at the fishery in the old days was taken on to fish in the same boat with the men on the understanding that he should 'cut his tails,' that is to say, cut a small angular piece off the fin at the tail of each fish that he hauled on board. When the voyage...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/18543 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 cut v cut his tails 1978/04/14 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18543 eng eng C 1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 75 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17044 C_17044_cut v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18543 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 1978 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z cut v _Cut one's Tails_: A boy at the fishery in the old days was taken on to fish in the same boat with the men on the understanding that he should 'cut his tails,' that is to say, cut a small angular piece off the fin at the tail of each fish that he hauled on board. When the voyage was over all these were picked out and credited to him, and he was paid accordingly. If it was necessary to make a further distinction and keep another lot separate a cut was made on each side and then we had 'swallow tail.' This might be codnet fish or bultow fish. Printed Item 14 Apr 78 Used I and Sup Not Used 2 Not Used 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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cut v _Cut one's Tails_: A boy at the fishery in the old days was taken on to fish in the same boat with the men on the understanding that he should 'cut his tails,' that is to say, cut a small angular piece off the fin at the tail of each fish that he hauled on board. When the voyage was over all these were picked out and credited to him, and he was paid accordingly. If it was necessary to make a further distinction and keep another lot separate a cut was made on each side and then we had 'swallow tail.' This might be codnet fish or bultow fish. Printed Item 14 Apr 78 Used I and Sup Not Used 2 Not Used 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 |
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C 1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 75 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17044 C_17044_cut v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/18543 |
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