jumpers

jumper n In late August and September, jumpers, harbour porpoise, and grumpus appeared around the coastal islands where families were camped. If people saw a jumper while they were cod fishing, there would be excited screams and yells. Fishing was abandoned and everyone hunted the jumper (Joe Abel,...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Harbour porpoise
Hopedale
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38396
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38396 2023-12-31T10:07:39+01:00 jumpers 1979/09/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38396 eng eng J 1977 Inuit Land Use 140 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14115 J_14115_jumper n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38396 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 1979 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z jumper n In late August and September, jumpers, harbour porpoise, and grumpus appeared around the coastal islands where families were camped. If people saw a jumper while they were cod fishing, there would be excited screams and yells. Fishing was abandoned and everyone hunted the jumper (Joe Abel, Hopedale). Jumpers, as the bottlenose dolphin is called locally, usually travel in herds of ten or more together; they are difficult to hunt because they are fast swimmers and surface only for a very brief period to breathe. PRINTED ITEM SEP 1979 G. M. Story JH SEP 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I squid hound Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 17 Aug 2015 Manuscript Harbour porpoise Hopedale 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
jumpers
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description jumper n In late August and September, jumpers, harbour porpoise, and grumpus appeared around the coastal islands where families were camped. If people saw a jumper while they were cod fishing, there would be excited screams and yells. Fishing was abandoned and everyone hunted the jumper (Joe Abel, Hopedale). Jumpers, as the bottlenose dolphin is called locally, usually travel in herds of ten or more together; they are difficult to hunt because they are fast swimmers and surface only for a very brief period to breathe. PRINTED ITEM SEP 1979 G. M. Story JH SEP 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I squid hound Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 17 Aug 2015
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title jumpers
title_short jumpers
title_full jumpers
title_fullStr jumpers
title_full_unstemmed jumpers
title_sort jumpers
publishDate 1979
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38396
genre Harbour porpoise
Hopedale
Newfoundland
genre_facet Harbour porpoise
Hopedale
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation J
1977 Inuit Land Use 140
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14115
J_14115_jumper n
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