honey buckets

honey The people of Blackhead Road do not have a sewer system and rely on the city council of St. John's to collect natural body wastes. The people place pails outside their doors at night and it is someone's task to empty these into a tank and then into the St. John's sewerage treatm...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35448
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35448 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 honey buckets 1972/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35448 eng eng H Wendy Rowe, 71-119/24; Blackhead Rd. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16412 H_16412_honey http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35448 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z honey The people of Blackhead Road do not have a sewer system and rely on the city council of St. John's to collect natural body wastes. The people place pails outside their doors at night and it is someone's task to empty these into a tank and then into the St. John's sewerage treatment plant. The people of Blackhead Road call these pails "honey buckets" and the poor unfortunate who has to collect them is known as the "honey comb kid". DNE-cit JH 3/72 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 May 2015, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative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
honey buckets
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description honey The people of Blackhead Road do not have a sewer system and rely on the city council of St. John's to collect natural body wastes. The people place pails outside their doors at night and it is someone's task to empty these into a tank and then into the St. John's sewerage treatment plant. The people of Blackhead Road call these pails "honey buckets" and the poor unfortunate who has to collect them is known as the "honey comb kid". DNE-cit JH 3/72 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 May 2015, stamped but not used
format Manuscript
title honey buckets
title_short honey buckets
title_full honey buckets
title_fullStr honey buckets
title_full_unstemmed honey buckets
title_sort honey buckets
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35448
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
Wendy Rowe, 71-119/24; Blackhead Rd.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16412
H_16412_honey
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