fingers
finger One way we used to celebrate the arrival of the New Year was to "blast it in" at mid-night on New Year's Eve by the firing of guns. .Some people used the old muskets and would put in as many "fingers" as they thought "she could stand". (Powder was measured b...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25524 |
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| collection | Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
| description | finger One way we used to celebrate the arrival of the New Year was to "blast it in" at mid-night on New Year's Eve by the firing of guns. .Some people used the old muskets and would put in as many "fingers" as they thought "she could stand". (Powder was measured by the width of a finger in the barrel). JH 6/71 DNE DNE-cit Used I Used I 1 Not used |
| format | Manuscript |
| genre | Newfoundland |
| genre_facet | Newfoundland |
| geographic | Newfoundland |
| geographic_facet | Newfoundland |
| id | ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/25524 |
| institution | Open Polar |
| language | English |
| op_collection_id | ftmemorialunivdc |
| op_relation | F Harold Stroud, 68-23/ B-7 Glovertown South References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13677 F_13677_finger http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25524 |
| op_source | Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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| spelling | ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/25524 2025-01-16T23:22:54+00:00 fingers image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25524 eng eng F Harold Stroud, 68-23/ B-7 Glovertown South References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13677 F_13677_finger http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25524 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 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z finger One way we used to celebrate the arrival of the New Year was to "blast it in" at mid-night on New Year's Eve by the firing of guns. .Some people used the old muskets and would put in as many "fingers" as they thought "she could stand". (Powder was measured by the width of a finger in the barrel). JH 6/71 DNE DNE-cit Used I Used I 1 Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Newfoundland |
| spellingShingle | English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador fingers |
| title | fingers |
| title_full | fingers |
| title_fullStr | fingers |
| title_full_unstemmed | fingers |
| title_short | fingers |
| title_sort | fingers |
| topic | English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador |
| topic_facet | English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador |
| url | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25524 |