down (the Labrador)

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22044

down To resume the migration; the harps keep on down the Labrador coast. "Up" the Labrador, Newfoundlanders call it, "up" meaning south, and "down" signifying north in their speech. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1975 JH DEC 1975 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used (give) down the banks, down along, ~ north, ~ the shore, ~ to the Labrador, down alongs, down dru me's, down shaft, down the banks, down the Labrador, down the line, TONGUE-BANGING Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 26 Jul 2016