fore-_j_unks

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1957
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38578

junk n The fire was made upon the hearth, and the wood supported by dog-irons. If the fire required a second \ tier of wood, it was supported upon the lower tier, by small sticks called triggers, which were placed crossways. A large stick was placed against the back, a smaller one in the front, and a lesser one still in the middle. The wood was sometimes quite green, and hence making a fire was quite an art, and required back-junks, fore-junks, middle-junks, triggers, splits, and brands; and the fishermen would sometimes say whoever can build a good fire with green fir can build a boat. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1957 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I back junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junk Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 2015