goat shoes

goat "Buck" goats were used by many of the men of Heart's content to pull slides or "catamarans" of firewood along the wood paths and over the frozen ponds during the winter. There was one handicap [reverse] and that was the goats had difficulty in standing on ice because of...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29655
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29655 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 goat shoes image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29655 eng eng G Marcus Hopkins, 70-15/98 Heart's Content, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14039 G_14039_goat http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29655 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 goat "Buck" goats were used by many of the men of Heart's content to pull slides or "catamarans" of firewood along the wood paths and over the frozen ponds during the winter. There was one handicap [reverse] and that was the goats had difficulty in standing on ice because of their cloven hoofs. Horses had iron shoes, so somebody devised a way of keeping the goats from slipping. Obviously they couldn't be shod, so two pairs of woolen stockings were knit for the goat's legs. At the foot of the stocking a piece of leather or wood studded with shoe tacks was placed. The stockings were pulled up on the goats legs and the "tacks" gave the necessary footing. for the goat. DNE-cit (over) JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used This is the first side of a two-sided card; the other side is G_14040. This card is stamped with DNE-cit but isn't cited in the DNE. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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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
goat shoes
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description goat "Buck" goats were used by many of the men of Heart's content to pull slides or "catamarans" of firewood along the wood paths and over the frozen ponds during the winter. There was one handicap [reverse] and that was the goats had difficulty in standing on ice because of their cloven hoofs. Horses had iron shoes, so somebody devised a way of keeping the goats from slipping. Obviously they couldn't be shod, so two pairs of woolen stockings were knit for the goat's legs. At the foot of the stocking a piece of leather or wood studded with shoe tacks was placed. The stockings were pulled up on the goats legs and the "tacks" gave the necessary footing. for the goat. DNE-cit (over) JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used This is the first side of a two-sided card; the other side is G_14040. This card is stamped with DNE-cit but isn't cited in the DNE.
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title goat shoes
title_short goat shoes
title_full goat shoes
title_fullStr goat shoes
title_full_unstemmed goat shoes
title_sort goat shoes
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29655
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, 70-15/98
Heart's Content, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14039
G_14039_goat
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