heads and tails

head n .when he was a boy watching some workmen tearing up old boards on Steer's wharf, St. John's, he saw a curious sight, a number of rats' skeletons were packed like sardines. Other rats perhaps had laid them thus "heads and tails". PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 1/77 JH...

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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/33853
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33853 2023-12-31T10:18:42+01:00 heads and tails image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33853 eng eng H [1938] 1976 Nfld Quart 146 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14104 H_14104_head n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33853 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 head n .when he was a boy watching some workmen tearing up old boards on Steer's wharf, St. John's, he saw a curious sight, a number of rats' skeletons were packed like sardines. Other rats perhaps had laid them thus "heads and tails". PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 1/77 JH 1/77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 6 Used I 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
heads and tails
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description head n .when he was a boy watching some workmen tearing up old boards on Steer's wharf, St. John's, he saw a curious sight, a number of rats' skeletons were packed like sardines. Other rats perhaps had laid them thus "heads and tails". PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 1/77 JH 1/77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 6 Used I
format Manuscript
title heads and tails
title_short heads and tails
title_full heads and tails
title_fullStr heads and tails
title_full_unstemmed heads and tails
title_sort heads and tails
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33853
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
[1938] 1976 Nfld Quart 146
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14104
H_14104_head n
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