jam-block

jam v The following incident took place about one hundred years ago in Hant's Harbour. A _jam-block_ is a wooden block specially designed for chopping rails. There is a hole in the block and the stick being cut is put in this hole. One old fellow stole another man's jam-block. The man susp...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38719
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38719 2023-12-31T10:18:41+01:00 jam-block 1966/04/12 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38719 eng eng J 133 66-12 Grace Moore English 340 20 Windsor, Nfld. Max James, friend general dealer 45 Hant's Harbour, Trinity Bay. Can't remember, but he heard it in Hant's harbour, about thirty years ago. Hant's Harbour, April 10, 1966 April 11, 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13535 J_13535_jam v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38719 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z jam v The following incident took place about one hundred years ago in Hant's Harbour. A _jam-block_ is a wooden block specially designed for chopping rails. There is a hole in the block and the stick being cut is put in this hole. One old fellow stole another man's jam-block. The man suspected who the theif was but had no proof. Some time after the theft, both men were present at a church meeting. In the midst of a discussion on church affairs, the suspected theif was given to remark. "I wouldn't be a stumbling block in anyone's way." The one from whom the jam-block was stolen saw his opportunity. "No, and I wouldn't like to be a jam-block in your way!" he hastily replied. DICT CEN. APR 12 1966 [check] DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I not be jammed, jam-block Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 09 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card" Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
jam-block
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description jam v The following incident took place about one hundred years ago in Hant's Harbour. A _jam-block_ is a wooden block specially designed for chopping rails. There is a hole in the block and the stick being cut is put in this hole. One old fellow stole another man's jam-block. The man suspected who the theif was but had no proof. Some time after the theft, both men were present at a church meeting. In the midst of a discussion on church affairs, the suspected theif was given to remark. "I wouldn't be a stumbling block in anyone's way." The one from whom the jam-block was stolen saw his opportunity. "No, and I wouldn't like to be a jam-block in your way!" he hastily replied. DICT CEN. APR 12 1966 [check] DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I not be jammed, jam-block Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 09 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015; "Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card"
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title jam-block
title_short jam-block
title_full jam-block
title_fullStr jam-block
title_full_unstemmed jam-block
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation J
133 66-12
Grace Moore English 340 20 Windsor, Nfld. Max James, friend general dealer 45 Hant's Harbour, Trinity Bay. Can't remember, but he heard it in Hant's harbour, about thirty years ago. Hant's Harbour, April 10, 1966 April 11, 1966
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13535
J_13535_jam v
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