_Fairies' Handbar:_

Fairies' Handbar A handbar, used for carrying fish either wet from the _"waterhorse"_ to the flake or dry from the flake to the storage area, consisted simply of two poles having a number of boards, perhaps eight or ten, nailed across them in the central portion thus: Children playing...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/24214 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 _Fairies' Handbar:_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24214 eng eng F 108 70-21 Hilda Murray Folklore 340 35 Elliston (Maberly) Mrs Hilda Porter aunt housewife 69 Elliston(Maberly) She and her friends referred to this form found in the kelp as fairy handbars Mount Pearl, Feb. 23, 1970 Feb 23, 1970 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13078 F_13078_Fairies' Handbar http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24214 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z Fairies' Handbar A handbar, used for carrying fish either wet from the _"waterhorse"_ to the flake or dry from the flake to the storage area, consisted simply of two poles having a number of boards, perhaps eight or ten, nailed across them in the central portion thus: Children playing on the beach often came across something very similar in form in the kelp or seaweed. It had little seaweed "bars" for handles and the central portion [reverse] was sort of puffed out seaweek forming a pocket corresponding to the horizontal boards which implement they were accustomed to see used on the fishing premises. My aunt and her childhood friends referred to this seaweed form in this manner. Children of my generation did not use the term. Something very similar to the local "handbar" is the "hand barrow" shown in Fig. 57, p.170 IRISH FOLK WAYS, E. Estyn Evans. Not used Used I Not used Continued from reverse of card, image file F_13077. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_Fairies' Handbar:_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Fairies' Handbar A handbar, used for carrying fish either wet from the _"waterhorse"_ to the flake or dry from the flake to the storage area, consisted simply of two poles having a number of boards, perhaps eight or ten, nailed across them in the central portion thus: Children playing on the beach often came across something very similar in form in the kelp or seaweed. It had little seaweed "bars" for handles and the central portion [reverse] was sort of puffed out seaweek forming a pocket corresponding to the horizontal boards which implement they were accustomed to see used on the fishing premises. My aunt and her childhood friends referred to this seaweed form in this manner. Children of my generation did not use the term. Something very similar to the local "handbar" is the "hand barrow" shown in Fig. 57, p.170 IRISH FOLK WAYS, E. Estyn Evans. Not used Used I Not used Continued from reverse of card, image file F_13077.
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title _Fairies' Handbar:_
title_short _Fairies' Handbar:_
title_full _Fairies' Handbar:_
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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108 70-21
Hilda Murray Folklore 340 35 Elliston (Maberly) Mrs Hilda Porter aunt housewife 69 Elliston(Maberly) She and her friends referred to this form found in the kelp as fairy handbars Mount Pearl, Feb. 23, 1970 Feb 23, 1970
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13078
F_13078_Fairies' Handbar
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