starrigans

starrigan n When you hear a fisherman complain about the necessity of spelling yaffles of starrigans and spring var out of the droke, you may well imagine that your ears are playing tricks. Not so. This is the dialect speech of the time of Shakespeare preserved in all its purity. He is complaining a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40127
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Summary:starrigan n When you hear a fisherman complain about the necessity of spelling yaffles of starrigans and spring var out of the droke, you may well imagine that your ears are playing tricks. Not so. This is the dialect speech of the time of Shakespeare preserved in all its purity. He is complaining about having to carry firewood on his back. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used stalligan*, starigan, statigan*, sterigan, starrigan grease, TURPENTINE, staragan, CRUNNICK, card marked DNE-cit but not used