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slack a 262 During a 'slack tide' when the water is relatively motionless. they will have to work much harder in hauling the nets up from the bottom. 277 .they will in all likelihood 'go jiggin (g)' as soon as the tide is 'right.' The latter is of crucial concern since...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/41701 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 slack 1979/08/05 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41701 eng eng S 1979 NEMEC 262, 277 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17237 S_17237_slack a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41701 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 1979 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z slack a 262 During a 'slack tide' when the water is relatively motionless. they will have to work much harder in hauling the nets up from the bottom. 277 .they will in all likelihood 'go jiggin (g)' as soon as the tide is 'right.' The latter is of crucial concern since few few of any size or just sculpins are 'jug' when the tide is 'slack.' On the other hand, if the tide is 'running' strong a crew may 'hit' or run into 'drift of fish' and 'jig' hundreds of pounds of large cod in a matter of minutes. DNE-cit AUG. 5 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I only partial section of quote and citation used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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slack a 262 During a 'slack tide' when the water is relatively motionless. they will have to work much harder in hauling the nets up from the bottom. 277 .they will in all likelihood 'go jiggin (g)' as soon as the tide is 'right.' The latter is of crucial concern since few few of any size or just sculpins are 'jug' when the tide is 'slack.' On the other hand, if the tide is 'running' strong a crew may 'hit' or run into 'drift of fish' and 'jig' hundreds of pounds of large cod in a matter of minutes. DNE-cit AUG. 5 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I only partial section of quote and citation used I |
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