Ice-Clumpers

ice n Vocabulary Item: Ice clumpers is the name given to drift ice in the area where I live. To go jumpin ice-clumpers was the past time of the boys and some girls during the winter. I never did it myself for two reasons. First I was scared to jump the clumpers and second I was warned never to do so...

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Summary:ice n Vocabulary Item: Ice clumpers is the name given to drift ice in the area where I live. To go jumpin ice-clumpers was the past time of the boys and some girls during the winter. I never did it myself for two reasons. First I was scared to jump the clumpers and second I was warned never to do so by my mother. Yes DNE-cit DICT GEN. Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I ~ bird/candle/-chock/clamper/master/pan/pilot/pole/saw/blind(ness)/-block/-boat/-skiff/-cat/-claw/clumper/-fishing/-gall/gaze/-glim/-loom/-grip/-hunter/-hunting/-island/-jam/-line/captain/-line/-loom/-glim/-master/-pan/-partridge/-party/-pilot/pinnacle/ Nfld. FOLKLORE SURVEY card;JW appears beside phonetics; Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 24 Feb 2015; POKER�, POLE, BAT n, GAFF, SKIFF, ICE-MASTER: SKIPPER