spy glasses

spy glasses [On St. Patrick's Day] as many as possible of the city's people went up Signal Hill to the Block House and watched for the first Sealing Ships to return from the front. Some people had binoculars (usually called 'Spy Glasses') and they would pass these around among th...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44770
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/44770 2023-12-31T10:18:39+01:00 spy glasses 1972/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44770 eng eng S Linda Feaver, 71-14/63 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 24877 S_24877_spy glasses http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44770 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z spy glasses [On St. Patrick's Day] as many as possible of the city's people went up Signal Hill to the Block House and watched for the first Sealing Ships to return from the front. Some people had binoculars (usually called 'Spy Glasses') and they would pass these around among the other people. JH 1/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spy glasses
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description spy glasses [On St. Patrick's Day] as many as possible of the city's people went up Signal Hill to the Block House and watched for the first Sealing Ships to return from the front. Some people had binoculars (usually called 'Spy Glasses') and they would pass these around among the other people. JH 1/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title spy glasses
title_short spy glasses
title_full spy glasses
title_fullStr spy glasses
title_full_unstemmed spy glasses
title_sort spy glasses
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44770
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
Linda Feaver, 71-14/63
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
24877
S_24877_spy glasses
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