half-ya-hand

half The term "half-ya-hand". before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of sharing a voyage (fish load) was "half-ya-hand." It meant that half of the voyage went for the schooner and the other was divided among the crew, of which the captain was included. The C...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33212 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 half-ya-hand image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33212 eng eng H Burnside, B. Bay, Clarence Matchim, 70-18/127 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13088 H_13088_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33212 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z half The term "half-ya-hand". before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of sharing a voyage (fish load) was "half-ya-hand." It meant that half of the voyage went for the schooner and the other was divided among the crew, of which the captain was included. The Captain got a crew share because he did not necessarily own the schooner. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not used Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE but slip contents do not appear. 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
half-ya-hand
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half The term "half-ya-hand". before the decline of the Labrador fishery (1949) the system of sharing a voyage (fish load) was "half-ya-hand." It meant that half of the voyage went for the schooner and the other was divided among the crew, of which the captain was included. The Captain got a crew share because he did not necessarily own the schooner. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not used Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE but slip contents do not appear.
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title half-ya-hand
title_short half-ya-hand
title_full half-ya-hand
title_fullStr half-ya-hand
title_full_unstemmed half-ya-hand
title_sort half-ya-hand
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33212
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
Burnside, B. Bay, Clarence Matchim, 70-18/127
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13088
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