"goat" sculpin

goat Occasionally there was the thrill of spearing a "goat" sculpin, so named, presumably, because of its extraordinarily long horns, and of feeling, as the spear pierced its flesh, a strong vibration run through the shaft of the spear and through the arm to the very shoulder, being sensed...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/30655 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 "goat" sculpin image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30655 eng eng G 1967 New Nfld. Quarterly lxv. June 4 - 10 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14031 G_14031_goat http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30655 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z goat Occasionally there was the thrill of spearing a "goat" sculpin, so named, presumably, because of its extraordinarily long horns, and of feeling, as the spear pierced its flesh, a strong vibration run through the shaft of the spear and through the arm to the very shoulder, being sensed almost as a minor electric shock. No other fish of my acquaintance produced this vibratory sensation, and it always remained a mystery to me how the "goat" managed it. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
"goat" sculpin
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description goat Occasionally there was the thrill of spearing a "goat" sculpin, so named, presumably, because of its extraordinarily long horns, and of feeling, as the spear pierced its flesh, a strong vibration run through the shaft of the spear and through the arm to the very shoulder, being sensed almost as a minor electric shock. No other fish of my acquaintance produced this vibratory sensation, and it always remained a mystery to me how the "goat" managed it. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Used I
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title_full "goat" sculpin
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1967 New Nfld. Quarterly lxv. June 4 - 10
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14031
G_14031_goat
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