straighten up

straighten v It was the custom for the fishermen to straighten up in the fall of the year. This meant that they sold their summer catch to the merchant who had supplied them during the summer, the merchant gave the fisherman whatever he saw fit for the fish and often charged him the highest prices....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41247
id ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/41247
record_format openpolar
spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/41247 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 straighten up 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41247 eng eng S Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/102 Englee References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20664 S_20664_straighten v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41247 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z straighten v It was the custom for the fishermen to straighten up in the fall of the year. This meant that they sold their summer catch to the merchant who had supplied them during the summer, the merchant gave the fisherman whatever he saw fit for the fish and often charged him the highest prices. At this time of year men would put in for supplies for the winter. One always fixed up his account in October. If there was money left over he bought something for the wife. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I SQUARE UP, straighten up, straighten out Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
op_collection_id ftmemorialunivdc
language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
straighten up
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description straighten v It was the custom for the fishermen to straighten up in the fall of the year. This meant that they sold their summer catch to the merchant who had supplied them during the summer, the merchant gave the fisherman whatever he saw fit for the fish and often charged him the highest prices. At this time of year men would put in for supplies for the winter. One always fixed up his account in October. If there was money left over he bought something for the wife. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I SQUARE UP, straighten up, straighten out
format Manuscript
title straighten up
title_short straighten up
title_full straighten up
title_fullStr straighten up
title_full_unstemmed straighten up
title_sort straighten up
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41247
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 S
Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/102 Englee
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
20664
S_20664_straighten v
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41247
_version_ 1786825233426022400

Similar Items