_kellick_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38948

killick n _"kellick"_ This is common all over Newfoundland. It is made with spruce or fir trees (the boughs). Two pieces of wood about 1 1/2 ft in length are nailed in the shape of a cross. a hole is put in each end (4) and the sticks are put into the holes. a spruce stone is used because it won't come out, and the sticks are tied at the top. sometimes a brick is used; other Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used cillick, kellick, killock, lose your killick, and [you'll] find it in the fall, have a rock in one's killick, killick-claw, killick-rod, killick-stone, keel-log, kellock, keylock, GRANNY 2 Checked by Raji Sreeni on Tue 21 Jul 2015 NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY The write-up on this card ends abruptly, in mid-sentence, and there is nothing else on the reverse.