half his hand

half But now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half his hand" for his clothing and to put by for his own use. So for four more years he had steadily stacked half his fish in a separate bulk, and each fall had carried it off to sell it to the...

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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/36409
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/36409 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 half his hand image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36409 eng eng H 1906 GRENFELL Off the Rocks 175 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13086 H_13086_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36409 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z half But now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half his hand" for his clothing and to put by for his own use. So for four more years he had steadily stacked half his fish in a separate bulk, and each fall had carried it off to sell it to the traders for the few things he needed, stipulating that he must have the balance in cash. G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE but slip contents do not appear, there is a citation to the source listed in the bibliography. Manuscript Newfoundland 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
half his hand
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half But now he was a man full-fledged, and it was the custom of the coast that he should have "half his hand" for his clothing and to put by for his own use. So for four more years he had steadily stacked half his fish in a separate bulk, and each fall had carried it off to sell it to the traders for the few things he needed, stipulating that he must have the balance in cash. G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE but slip contents do not appear, there is a citation to the source listed in the bibliography.
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title half his hand
title_short half his hand
title_full half his hand
title_fullStr half his hand
title_full_unstemmed half his hand
title_sort half his hand
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36409
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
1906 GRENFELL Off the Rocks 175
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13086
H_13086_half
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