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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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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/25524
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Summary: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

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