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herring This word is commonly used for herring fish. Why were they called hern, The people of Bay of Islands called them hern and they knew because they were hern catchers. This was a humorous explanation given to my father when he was a boy. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see 'two-eye...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32717
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/32717 2023-12-31T10:18:25+01:00 hern image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32717 eng eng H Grace Moore January 1966 New Bay, Notre Dame Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14406 H_14406_herring http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32717 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z herring This word is commonly used for herring fish. Why were they called hern, The people of Bay of Islands called them hern and they knew because they were hern catchers. This was a humorous explanation given to my father when he was a boy. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see 'two-eyed beefsteak'] 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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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
hern
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description herring This word is commonly used for herring fish. Why were they called hern, The people of Bay of Islands called them hern and they knew because they were hern catchers. This was a humorous explanation given to my father when he was a boy. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Not used [see 'two-eyed beefsteak']
format Manuscript
title hern
title_short hern
title_full hern
title_fullStr hern
title_full_unstemmed hern
title_sort hern
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32717
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 H
Grace Moore January 1966
New Bay, Notre Dame Bay
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14406
H_14406_herring
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32717
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