garden [for catching rabbits]
garden We used to have two methods for catching rabbits in the winter; one we called a garden, the other a fence. / In an area where there was plenty of sign but no indication of a particular directional movement, we would set a garden. This was a circular area fenced off with boughs and small trees...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29732 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 garden [for catching rabbits] image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29732 eng eng G Harold Stroud, 68-23Ms/075-76 Glovertown South References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13409 G_13409_garden http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29732 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z garden We used to have two methods for catching rabbits in the winter; one we called a garden, the other a fence. / In an area where there was plenty of sign but no indication of a particular directional movement, we would set a garden. This was a circular area fenced off with boughs and small trees. Inside the garden we would place browse. . . . in order for the rabbits to get the browse they had to go through one of several openings in the fence in which we had placed snares. This garden was only about ten or twelve feet in diameter but was the real thing for catching rabbits. G. M. Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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garden We used to have two methods for catching rabbits in the winter; one we called a garden, the other a fence. / In an area where there was plenty of sign but no indication of a particular directional movement, we would set a garden. This was a circular area fenced off with boughs and small trees. Inside the garden we would place browse. . . . in order for the rabbits to get the browse they had to go through one of several openings in the fence in which we had placed snares. This garden was only about ten or twelve feet in diameter but was the real thing for catching rabbits. G. M. Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I |
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