sawing on the halves

half These gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. . The owners had a scheme called 'sawing on the halves'. Under this scheme they got half the lumber they sawed.if a fisherman got 1000 board feet of lumber sawed, the sawmill owner got...

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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/33715
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33715 2023-12-31T10:19:21+01:00 sawing on the halves image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33715 eng eng H 69-5Ms/016 Williamsport, WB, Warrick Canning References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13080 H_13080_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33715 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 half These gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. . The owners had a scheme called 'sawing on the halves'. Under this scheme they got half the lumber they sawed.if a fisherman got 1000 board feet of lumber sawed, the sawmill owner got 500 board feet and the fisherman got 500 board feet. In the spring the sawmill operators sold their surplus lumber to some firm outside. JH JUN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Used I Cp OED ~ n 7 f on the halves, DAE now dial. In the DNE, the source is listed as M 69-5 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
sawing on the halves
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half These gentlemen didn't take the 'hard cash' from the fishermen for sawing their logs. . The owners had a scheme called 'sawing on the halves'. Under this scheme they got half the lumber they sawed.if a fisherman got 1000 board feet of lumber sawed, the sawmill owner got 500 board feet and the fisherman got 500 board feet. In the spring the sawmill operators sold their surplus lumber to some firm outside. JH JUN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Used I Cp OED ~ n 7 f on the halves, DAE now dial. In the DNE, the source is listed as M 69-5
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title sawing on the halves
title_short sawing on the halves
title_full sawing on the halves
title_fullStr sawing on the halves
title_full_unstemmed sawing on the halves
title_sort sawing on the halves
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33715
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
69-5Ms/016
Williamsport, WB, Warrick Canning
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13080
H_13080_half
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