A duck, a drake

ducks and drakes A duck, a drake, a salt water cake and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on unt...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22341
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/22341 2023-12-31T10:19:15+01:00 A duck, a drake xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22341 eng eng D Donald Kevin Regular b. & r. Hr Grace (Mr & Mrs Willis Regular b. & r. Hr Grace) (Mr Llewellyn Ash b. & r. Hr. Grace) FLCQ 66/67 V, 6b References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16742 D_16742_ducks and drakes http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22341 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z ducks and drakes A duck, a drake, a salt water cake and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on until the rock stopped skimming. If it skimmed more than four or five times then you would begin from the beginnig of your riddle. Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection 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
A duck, a drake
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ducks and drakes A duck, a drake, a salt water cake and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on until the rock stopped skimming. If it skimmed more than four or five times then you would begin from the beginnig of your riddle. Not used Not used Withdrawn
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title A duck, a drake
title_short A duck, a drake
title_full A duck, a drake
title_fullStr A duck, a drake
title_full_unstemmed A duck, a drake
title_sort duck, a drake
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22341
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
Donald Kevin Regular b. & r. Hr Grace
(Mr & Mrs Willis Regular b. & r. Hr Grace) (Mr Llewellyn Ash b. & r. Hr. Grace) FLCQ 66/67 V, 6b
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16742
D_16742_ducks and drakes
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