ice-pound

ice n Before the days of electric refrigerators, ice dealers cut ice on the ponds in winter and stored it in ice-pounds. These were large enclosures - the one I remember had no roof - and the ice was embedded in huge amounts of sawdust. In the summer large cakes were brought to the customers several...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36753
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/36753 2023-12-31T10:19:12+01:00 ice-pound 1976/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36753 eng eng I St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13603 I_13603_ice n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36753 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z ice n Before the days of electric refrigerators, ice dealers cut ice on the ponds in winter and stored it in ice-pounds. These were large enclosures - the one I remember had no roof - and the ice was embedded in huge amounts of sawdust. In the summer large cakes were brought to the customers several times a week and put into their ice-boxes, the ice-man carrying the blocks by large iron tongs. JH 1976 JH 1976 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 26 Mar 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
ice-pound
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ice n Before the days of electric refrigerators, ice dealers cut ice on the ponds in winter and stored it in ice-pounds. These were large enclosures - the one I remember had no roof - and the ice was embedded in huge amounts of sawdust. In the summer large cakes were brought to the customers several times a week and put into their ice-boxes, the ice-man carrying the blocks by large iron tongs. JH 1976 JH 1976 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 26 Mar 2015
format Manuscript
title ice-pound
title_short ice-pound
title_full ice-pound
title_fullStr ice-pound
title_full_unstemmed ice-pound
title_sort ice-pound
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36753
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 I
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13603
I_13603_ice n
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