cutting tails
cut v In fishing villages when young boys began to fish at a very early age some method had to be used to give them a proper share. They were not old enough perhaps to get even a quarter of a man's share. They used the method of cutting tails. If there were one boy he would cut the tails of the...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/19187 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 cutting tails 1971/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19187 eng eng C Boyd Trask, 68-24/No no. Elliston, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17081 C_17081_cut v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19187 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z cut v In fishing villages when young boys began to fish at a very early age some method had to be used to give them a proper share. They were not old enough perhaps to get even a quarter of a man's share. They used the method of cutting tails. If there were one boy he would cut the tails of the fish he caught on one side. If there were two boys, one would cut the left side, the other the right. Should there be three boys, the third would cut the tail in the middle. A fourth boy would cut in the middle and on one side. Should there be a fifth he would cut in the middle and on both sides. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used Sup 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 In fishing villages when young boys began to fish at a very early age some method had to be used to give them a proper share. They were not old enough perhaps to get even a quarter of a man's share. They used the method of cutting tails. If there were one boy he would cut the tails of the fish he caught on one side. If there were two boys, one would cut the left side, the other the right. Should there be three boys, the third would cut the tail in the middle. A fourth boy would cut in the middle and on one side. Should there be a fifth he would cut in the middle and on both sides. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used Sup 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 Boyd Trask, 68-24/No no. Elliston, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17081 C_17081_cut v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19187 |
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