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faction The faction fights went on for many years [after 1817]. "Yallow-belly Corner", on the east side of Beck's Cove, commemorates the spot where the wounded in the melee used to be washed in the little brook flowing into Beck's Cove. The Tipperary "clear airs", the W...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/25359 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 faction image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25359 eng eng F 1895 PROWSE Nfld 402 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12942 F_12942_faction http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25359 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z faction The faction fights went on for many years [after 1817]. "Yallow-belly Corner", on the east side of Beck's Cove, commemorates the spot where the wounded in the melee used to be washed in the little brook flowing into Beck's Cove. The Tipperary "clear airs", the Waterford "whey bellies", and the Cork "dadyeens" were arrayed against the "yallow belly" faction - the "Doones" or Kilkenny boys, and the Wexford "yallow bellies." There were besides the "young colts" and a number of other names for the factions. They fought with one another "out of pure devilment and divarsion", as an old Irishman explained it to me. PRINTED ITEM GMS Sept 74 Used I Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
faction
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description faction The faction fights went on for many years [after 1817]. "Yallow-belly Corner", on the east side of Beck's Cove, commemorates the spot where the wounded in the melee used to be washed in the little brook flowing into Beck's Cove. The Tipperary "clear airs", the Waterford "whey bellies", and the Cork "dadyeens" were arrayed against the "yallow belly" faction - the "Doones" or Kilkenny boys, and the Wexford "yallow bellies." There were besides the "young colts" and a number of other names for the factions. They fought with one another "out of pure devilment and divarsion", as an old Irishman explained it to me. PRINTED ITEM GMS Sept 74 Used I Used I Used I
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title_full faction
title_fullStr faction
title_full_unstemmed faction
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1895 PROWSE Nfld 402
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12942
F_12942_faction
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