gads

gad n Six hoops are fitted to make a 'ring', a ring is then taken off and another started. Six rings make a bundle of hoops and two bundles make a nitch. Each nitch is tied together with _gads_ or [PT] _ritrods_ which are twigs cut from [PT] trees. DNE-cit JH 11/73 Used I and Sup Used I 2...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30385
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Summary:gad n Six hoops are fitted to make a 'ring', a ring is then taken off and another started. Six rings make a bundle of hoops and two bundles make a nitch. Each nitch is tied together with _gads_ or [PT] _ritrods_ which are twigs cut from [PT] trees. DNE-cit JH 11/73 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I WITHE, THRASHBERRY, WITHE-ROD, ritrods, gadberry, (as) tough as a gad Checked by Kanachi Angadi on Tue 06 Oct 2015. Source listed as M 71-120

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