main pan

main n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. This sheet of ice could float a person or more,...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/40217 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 main pan image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40217 eng eng M Bobbie Fillier, 70-12 /37 Englee References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14975 M_14975_main n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40217 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z main n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. This sheet of ice could float a person or more, but the pans you jumped from one to another could not float you. In order to go copyen one had to be prepared to be on the move all the time because of the fact that the small pieces could not float you. It was a very danger/ous business . . . If you were jumping from one big pan of ice to a nother it was not considered copyen but just walking on the ice,it was/only/copyen where there was danger. JH 10/71 Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
main pan
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description main n Copyen This was a sort of pastime in the spring when the harbour ice was beginning to break up. We would go on the ice jumping from one pan of ice to the other. There would be the main pan which you started out from, we called it, the home pan. This sheet of ice could float a person or more, but the pans you jumped from one to another could not float you. In order to go copyen one had to be prepared to be on the move all the time because of the fact that the small pieces could not float you. It was a very danger/ous business . . . If you were jumping from one big pan of ice to a nother it was not considered copyen but just walking on the ice,it was/only/copyen where there was danger. JH 10/71 Not used Not used Not used
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title main pan
title_short main pan
title_full main pan
title_fullStr main pan
title_full_unstemmed main pan
title_sort main pan
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation M
Bobbie Fillier, 70-12 /37 Englee
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14975
M_14975_main n
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