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duff 1 n The informant experiences this as a young man of 10 years, during his first trip to the Labrador with his father. He accepted it as part of what was expected. The Kean family came from England as fishermen and continued a line of fishermen until around 1950. Apparently this practice was car...

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Summary:duff 1 n The informant experiences this as a young man of 10 years, during his first trip to the Labrador with his father. He accepted it as part of what was expected. The Kean family came from England as fishermen and continued a line of fishermen until around 1950. Apparently this practice was carried out down through these years by this family at least. DICT. CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used This is from a Newfoundland Folklore Survey card. This is side two of two. Side one is file D_14906.