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grease If the hole is in the bilge, you cannot see if the cask leaks without taking out the bung; and if the herring oil, or grease, rise from the fish, it remains in the cask to the geat injury of the herring, for it will be sure to turn them rusty, and of course injure them. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit [...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31385
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Summary:grease If the hole is in the bilge, you cannot see if the cask leaks without taking out the bung; and if the herring oil, or grease, rise from the fish, it remains in the cask to the geat injury of the herring, for it will be sure to turn them rusty, and of course injure them. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit [sic] Used I Used I 1 Used I There is a handwritten [sic] in the margin of the card to the left of the word "geat" in the cited quotation.

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