Labrador, _down on the_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; montagnais; naskapi; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40136

labrador n In the nights down on the Labrador the skippers used to go (sail their vessels) back and forth in the night from one spot to another so that they would be in the same spot in the morning. They would run their ships for ten minutes and then heave her around and then go in the opposite direction for ten minutes. In this way they would [reverse] keep their bearings during the night. One old skipper didn't have a clock so he had a different layout. There was a leak in the cabin and they had a can under it. This can filled up every ten minutes. When the can was full he'd sing out "Ready About". When he went to pour it out he'd say "Hard Lee". (this is an actual fact). DNE-cit OCT 5 1965 [check] whitefox/woodchuck/fel(d)spar/hornblende/spar/stone/current/dance/dog/fishery/floater /herring/indian/livyer/(scrub) pine/planter/room/schooner/station(er)/tea/voyage/cure /merchantable/otter/box/current/speech, labradorite, Newfoundland dance, northern fishery, floater 2, herring, indian, Montagnais,Naskapi, livyer, labradorman, planter, room, floater, station, stationer, larberdore, merchantable, Newfoundland dialect Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used laborador, labradore, larbadore, coast of ~, (down) on (the) ~, Canadian-Labrador, ~ curlew/coast/deer-mouse/duck/flying squirrel/herring/horned owl/jay/jumping mouse/martin/muskrat/polar bear/porqupine/red fox/sable/savannah sparrow/seal/shrew/vole/ Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 29 Jun 2015; reverse side of card at L_14229, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY