_skidder:_

skitter v a game I used to play as a boy Several boys would gather on the seashore and get flat rocks and throw them at the water so that the flat side of the rock touched the water and the rock would hop from one place to another on the water until he had [reverse] used up all of its energy. The id...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/40420 2023-12-31T10:19:32+01:00 _skidder:_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40420 eng eng S 3 71-131 Kinsley Welsh 27 Islington This is a child hood experience July 13/71 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17184 S_17184_skitter v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40420 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z skitter v a game I used to play as a boy Several boys would gather on the seashore and get flat rocks and throw them at the water so that the flat side of the rock touched the water and the rock would hop from one place to another on the water until he had [reverse] used up all of its energy. The idea of the game was to see how far the rock would go and try to count the number of jumps it made. This game was usually played by boys from 10 to 16 yrs. (Maybe even younger) It was done in the town of Islington. The flat rock used in doing this was called a skidderen rock. This often heard the expression, [PT] "I'll, cut your head wit a _skidderin rock_". This was a threat given to someone who was annoying and It meant that a flat stone would be thrown at the annoyer and his head would be cut by the rock. Yes DICT CEN JW Used I Used I Used I SKATE, SKIRR Nfld FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at S_17185 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description skitter v a game I used to play as a boy Several boys would gather on the seashore and get flat rocks and throw them at the water so that the flat side of the rock touched the water and the rock would hop from one place to another on the water until he had [reverse] used up all of its energy. The idea of the game was to see how far the rock would go and try to count the number of jumps it made. This game was usually played by boys from 10 to 16 yrs. (Maybe even younger) It was done in the town of Islington. The flat rock used in doing this was called a skidderen rock. This often heard the expression, [PT] "I'll, cut your head wit a _skidderin rock_". This was a threat given to someone who was annoying and It meant that a flat stone would be thrown at the annoyer and his head would be cut by the rock. Yes DICT CEN JW Used I Used I Used I SKATE, SKIRR Nfld FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at S_17185
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Kinsley Welsh 27 Islington This is a child hood experience July 13/71
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17184
S_17184_skitter v
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