hermit-beaver

hermit On p. 102, Pennant referred to an observation on beavers by Andrew Graham who lived for many years at Hudson's Bay, and sent collections of birds and mammals to Daines Barrington and the Royal Society: 'They are said to have a sort of a slavish beaver amongst them (analogous to the...

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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/33743
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33743 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 hermit-beaver image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33743 eng eng H [1784-7] [1766] 1971 BANKS Diary etc. 446 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14358 H_14358_hermit http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33743 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 hermit On p. 102, Pennant referred to an observation on beavers by Andrew Graham who lived for many years at Hudson's Bay, and sent collections of birds and mammals to Daines Barrington and the Royal Society: 'They are said to have a sort of a slavish beaver amongst them (analogous to the Drone) which they employ in servile works, and the domestic drudgery!. Cartwright writes: 'Mr. Graham is mistaken; he supposes the Hermit-beaver to be the drone but these are only such as have lost their mates and, like swans not being inclined to pair again, live by themselves.' W. J. KIRWIN JH MAR 1974 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I 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
hermit-beaver
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description hermit On p. 102, Pennant referred to an observation on beavers by Andrew Graham who lived for many years at Hudson's Bay, and sent collections of birds and mammals to Daines Barrington and the Royal Society: 'They are said to have a sort of a slavish beaver amongst them (analogous to the Drone) which they employ in servile works, and the domestic drudgery!. Cartwright writes: 'Mr. Graham is mistaken; he supposes the Hermit-beaver to be the drone but these are only such as have lost their mates and, like swans not being inclined to pair again, live by themselves.' W. J. KIRWIN JH MAR 1974 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I
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title hermit-beaver
title_short hermit-beaver
title_full hermit-beaver
title_fullStr hermit-beaver
title_full_unstemmed hermit-beaver
title_sort hermit-beaver
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33743
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
[1784-7] [1766] 1971 BANKS Diary etc. 446
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14358
H_14358_hermit
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