Nansernie

hand serry n "Nansernie"- This is a homemade slide made out of barrel staves. It was used by the children to slide on. My uncle and his friends used to make them when they were children. First, a barrel stave was used as the main part. It was [reverse] usually smooth so it slid over the sn...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34567 2023-12-31T10:18:12+01:00 Nansernie image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34567 eng eng H 75 -146 Donna J. Stephenson 22 U.C. Victoria March 15/75 David Clarke Uncle Shovel Operator 55 Victoria Victoria U.C. Childhood Victoria Parents & Friends References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13331 H_13331_hand serry n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34567 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z hand serry n "Nansernie"- This is a homemade slide made out of barrel staves. It was used by the children to slide on. My uncle and his friends used to make them when they were children. First, a barrel stave was used as the main part. It was [reverse] usually smooth so it slid over the snow very swiftly. A hole was drilled into the stave and a stick was put up through it. Next, a second stick was nailed across the top of this first stick in a T-fashion. The occupant of the slide would sit on the top stick and rest his feet on the barrel stave. The children spent many happy hours sliding on thier nansernies. JH 176 Used I Used I Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at H_ 13332. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Nansernie
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description hand serry n "Nansernie"- This is a homemade slide made out of barrel staves. It was used by the children to slide on. My uncle and his friends used to make them when they were children. First, a barrel stave was used as the main part. It was [reverse] usually smooth so it slid over the snow very swiftly. A hole was drilled into the stave and a stick was put up through it. Next, a second stick was nailed across the top of this first stick in a T-fashion. The occupant of the slide would sit on the top stick and rest his feet on the barrel stave. The children spent many happy hours sliding on thier nansernies. JH 176 Used I Used I Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at H_ 13332.
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title Nansernie
title_short Nansernie
title_full Nansernie
title_fullStr Nansernie
title_full_unstemmed Nansernie
title_sort nansernie
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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
75 -146
Donna J. Stephenson 22 U.C. Victoria March 15/75 David Clarke Uncle Shovel Operator 55 Victoria Victoria U.C. Childhood Victoria Parents & Friends
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13331
H_13331_hand serry n
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