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hanker A special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One device, called a reel or clock-winder, resembled a windmill. Wool from the spindle was wrapped around the circumference of the winder as it was turned around. A much simpler device consisted merely of...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35371 2023-12-31T10:19:10+01:00 hanker, a image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35371 eng eng H 1975 POCIUS Textile Traditions 29 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13432 H_13432_hanker http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35371 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z hanker A special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One device, called a reel or clock-winder, resembled a windmill. Wool from the spindle was wrapped around the circumference of the winder as it was turned around. A much simpler device consisted merely of a pole approximately two feet long that contained two shorter poles fastened to each end, at ninety degrees to the pole and each other in the same plane. This device was called a niddy-noddy. Reel winders and clock winders were unknown in Newfoundland. On some areas of the Southern Shore, though, a type of (over [reverse] niddy-noddy was used. A woman in Renews showed me a device that was used by the old people to skein up the yarn. This device was definitely a primitive form of a niddy-noddy, though the woman could not remember its name, nor how it was used.A woman from Cape Broyle reported that she often used a device which she called a "hanker' to make skeins of wool. This device was placed on the table, and was probably a type of niddy-noddy. DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Used I Used I Used I Reverse of card at H_13433. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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hanker A special device is used in parts of North America for the winding of yarn into skeins. One device, called a reel or clock-winder, resembled a windmill. Wool from the spindle was wrapped around the circumference of the winder as it was turned around. A much simpler device consisted merely of a pole approximately two feet long that contained two shorter poles fastened to each end, at ninety degrees to the pole and each other in the same plane. This device was called a niddy-noddy. Reel winders and clock winders were unknown in Newfoundland. On some areas of the Southern Shore, though, a type of (over [reverse] niddy-noddy was used. A woman in Renews showed me a device that was used by the old people to skein up the yarn. This device was definitely a primitive form of a niddy-noddy, though the woman could not remember its name, nor how it was used.A woman from Cape Broyle reported that she often used a device which she called a "hanker' to make skeins of wool. This device was placed on the table, and was probably a type of niddy-noddy. DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Used I Used I Used I Reverse of card at H_13433. |
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H 1975 POCIUS Textile Traditions 29 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13432 H_13432_hanker http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35371 |
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