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jackatar n 63. Jacket-tar isn't mentioned. How come. During the days of the Highland Clemmons large numbers of the clan imagrated to Canada some eventually come from Nova Scotia to the W.Coast of NFLD, nearly all of whom were Gaelic speaking A favourite Scottish dance of the time 1700-1850 was...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38142 2023-12-31T10:04:55+01:00 jacket-tar 1973/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38142 eng eng J W.G. Smeaton Q71D St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13467 J_13467_jackatar n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38142 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z jackatar n 63. Jacket-tar isn't mentioned. How come. During the days of the Highland Clemmons large numbers of the clan imagrated to Canada some eventually come from Nova Scotia to the W.Coast of NFLD, nearly all of whom were Gaelic speaking A favourite Scottish dance of the time 1700-1850 was the Jacque & tar. It originally had something to do with King James of Scotland who was very close to France. The Dundu whalers taught it to the Eskimoes from Labrador to Baffin Island. It became popular with [INC] or metis on the SW coast to such an extent that they became better known as Jacque-Tar. I came across a book, one of a series Scottish Hitchen, Scottish cellum, and Scottish Dances. One of the dances was the Jacque Tar. I've been unsuccessful in finding out the meaning of a Tar. Maybe it originally "Golden James" on somewhat the equivalent of "Sunny Jim"?? W.J. KIRWIN APR 1973 JH APR 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Not used jackie tar, jackitar, jack-o-tar, jackotaw, jacky tar, jack-tar, jacky Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 07 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 06 Jul 2015 Manuscript Baffin Island Baffin eskimo* Metis Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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jackatar n 63. Jacket-tar isn't mentioned. How come. During the days of the Highland Clemmons large numbers of the clan imagrated to Canada some eventually come from Nova Scotia to the W.Coast of NFLD, nearly all of whom were Gaelic speaking A favourite Scottish dance of the time 1700-1850 was the Jacque & tar. It originally had something to do with King James of Scotland who was very close to France. The Dundu whalers taught it to the Eskimoes from Labrador to Baffin Island. It became popular with [INC] or metis on the SW coast to such an extent that they became better known as Jacque-Tar. I came across a book, one of a series Scottish Hitchen, Scottish cellum, and Scottish Dances. One of the dances was the Jacque Tar. I've been unsuccessful in finding out the meaning of a Tar. Maybe it originally "Golden James" on somewhat the equivalent of "Sunny Jim"?? W.J. KIRWIN APR 1973 JH APR 1973 Used I and Sup Used I Not used jackie tar, jackitar, jack-o-tar, jackotaw, jacky tar, jack-tar, jacky Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 07 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 06 Jul 2015 |
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J W.G. Smeaton Q71D St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13467 J_13467_jackatar n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38142 |
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