Jack-o-Tar n

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38213

jackatar n We arrived before night a the anchorage in Flat Bay inside the long low sandy spit, known as Sandy Point. This is where the principal settlement is situated. The houses were all built on this low, level sand bank, much of which was flodded at high tide. There were numerous wharfs and stores on the water front, the former projecting a long way out owing to the shallowness of the water. The cheif business of the place was the spring herring fishery, all the product being salted and packed in barrels and shipped to Halifax. Smiggling was rife here and vast quantities of liquors of all kinds were imported from N.S. and St. Pierre Island. Liquor was like water, everbody indulged in it, men and women [reverse] alike. There were no restrictions of any kind. No laws to regulate the sale or traffic, and it is a wonder under such circumstances the people were so orderly, and the place so free from crime. There was a curious heterogeneous mixture of races not only here but all over the district. In the Codroys there is a large contingent of Highland Scotch and French Acadians, all immigrants from Cape Breton and other maritime provinces of Canada. A considerable number of persons of English descent occupied Codroy Village near Cape Anguille, and the settlements at the mouths of the principal Rivers of Bay St. George. There were also several English on Sandy Point. Some being of Jersey descent. Intermixed with MAR 1 1990 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used jackie tar, jackitar, jack-o-tar, jackotaw, jacky tar, jack-tar, jacky Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 09 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 13 Jul 2015; Reverse of card at J_13479