_faction-fights_

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/28064 2023-12-31T10:19:23+01:00 _faction-fights_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28064 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 12943 F_12943_faction http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28064 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z 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. GMS Sept 74 PRINTED ITEM Used I Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_faction-fights_
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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. GMS Sept 74 PRINTED ITEM Used I Used I Used I
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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
12943
F_12943_faction
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