half your hand

half Explanation through an e.g.: there are 4 men in a cre, including the skipper-owner. 100 quintals are caught: i.e. 4 shares of 25 q. each. The skipper takes 1 share; he also takes 1/2 of the 25 q share of each of the 3 sharemen. This fives him an extra 12 1/2 q from each, or 37 1/2 total. He now...

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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/33918
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33918 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 half your hand image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33918 eng eng H General References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13089 H_13089_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33918 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z half Explanation through an e.g.: there are 4 men in a cre, including the skipper-owner. 100 quintals are caught: i.e. 4 shares of 25 q. each. The skipper takes 1 share; he also takes 1/2 of the 25 q share of each of the 3 sharemen. This fives him an extra 12 1/2 q from each, or 37 1/2 total. He now has 62 1/2 q out of 100. Eack shareman has 12 1/2 q to his own hand. G. M. Story May 1955 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This seems to be a general explanation of how the form is used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
half your hand
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half Explanation through an e.g.: there are 4 men in a cre, including the skipper-owner. 100 quintals are caught: i.e. 4 shares of 25 q. each. The skipper takes 1 share; he also takes 1/2 of the 25 q share of each of the 3 sharemen. This fives him an extra 12 1/2 q from each, or 37 1/2 total. He now has 62 1/2 q out of 100. Eack shareman has 12 1/2 q to his own hand. G. M. Story May 1955 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This seems to be a general explanation of how the form is used.
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title half your hand
title_short half your hand
title_full half your hand
title_fullStr half your hand
title_full_unstemmed half your hand
title_sort half your hand
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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
General
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13089
H_13089_half
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