lord

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42527

lord 1 n Until the mid-18th century, missionary contact with Newfoundland inhabitants was scant and irregular, so that ".the custom with respect to marriages there is for the Lord of the Harbour. to perform the ceremony in the same way as it is performed in England by clergymen, and that in the Winter when they have no Lord of the Harbour, it is performed by any common man that can read." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W Kirwin 7/78 JH 7/78 Used I Used I Used I lord of the harbour, lady1, admiral, fishing lord, king 1 Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 11 Aug 2015