grub-box

grub In Newfoundland, when a person went fishing, hunting, hauling firewood [etc] where mea ls had to be taken outdoors the food had to be carried in suitable containers. The fisherman at Heart's Content, and in most Nfld. outports carried his food in a _bread box_. This was a large tub with a...

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Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29645
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29645 2023-12-31T10:15:21+01:00 grub-box image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29645 eng eng G Marcus Hopkins, Folklore 340/70 FL 70-15 Heart's Content References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16751 G_16751_grub http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29645 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 grub In Newfoundland, when a person went fishing, hunting, hauling firewood [etc] where mea ls had to be taken outdoors the food had to be carried in suitable containers. The fisherman at Heart's Content, and in most Nfld. outports carried his food in a _bread box_. This was a large tub with a wooden cover, often covered with canvas to make it water-tight. It was also called a _grub-box_ in some localities. JH AUG 1970 used I and Sup Used Sup Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
grub-box
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description grub In Newfoundland, when a person went fishing, hunting, hauling firewood [etc] where mea ls had to be taken outdoors the food had to be carried in suitable containers. The fisherman at Heart's Content, and in most Nfld. outports carried his food in a _bread box_. This was a large tub with a wooden cover, often covered with canvas to make it water-tight. It was also called a _grub-box_ in some localities. JH AUG 1970 used I and Sup Used Sup Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title grub-box
title_short grub-box
title_full grub-box
title_fullStr grub-box
title_full_unstemmed grub-box
title_sort grub-box
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29645
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation G
Marcus Hopkins, Folklore 340/70 FL 70-15
Heart's Content
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16751
G_16751_grub
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29645
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