half a man's share

half The crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gunners, who, on finding their own guns, are admitted _birth_ free; the rest pay generally forty shillings each for their birth, that is, for their proportion of the provisions during the voyage; and al...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33468
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33468 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 half a man's share image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33468 eng eng H 1819 ANSPACH History 422 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13127 H_13127_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33468 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 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z half The crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gunners, who, on finding their own guns, are admitted _birth_ free; the rest pay generally forty shillings each for their birth, that is, for their proportion of the provisions during the voyage; and all are to receive each half a man's share of the seals caught, or the value thereof, dividing the amount of the whole produce of the voyage into so many shares as there are men on board. G. M. Story OCT 1974 JH NOV 1974 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE I but contents do not appear under 'half'. The source appears in the DNE but not for this form. 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 a man's share
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half The crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gunners, who, on finding their own guns, are admitted _birth_ free; the rest pay generally forty shillings each for their birth, that is, for their proportion of the provisions during the voyage; and all are to receive each half a man's share of the seals caught, or the value thereof, dividing the amount of the whole produce of the voyage into so many shares as there are men on board. G. M. Story OCT 1974 JH NOV 1974 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE I but contents do not appear under 'half'. The source appears in the DNE but not for this form.
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title half a man's share
title_short half a man's share
title_full half a man's share
title_fullStr half a man's share
title_full_unstemmed half a man's share
title_sort half a man's share
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33468
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1819 ANSPACH History 422
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13127
H_13127_half
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