Mountaineer sled [description]
mountaineer The Mountaineer method is the only one adapted for the interior parts of the country: [their sleds are made of two thin boards of birch; each about six inches broad, a quarter of an inch thick, and six feet long: these are fastened parallel to each other by slight battens, sewed on with...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/45745 2023-12-31T10:19:34+01:00 Mountaineer sled [description] image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45745 eng eng M [1786] 1792 CARTWRIGHT Journal iii, 235 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14478 M_14478_mountaineer http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45745 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z mountaineer The Mountaineer method is the only one adapted for the interior parts of the country: [their sleds are made of two thin boards of birch; each about six inches broad, a quarter of an inch thick, and six feet long: these are fastened parallel to each other by slight battens, sewed on with thongs of deer-skin; and the foremost end is curved up to rise over the inequalities of the snow. Each individual who is able to walk, is furnished with one of these; but those for the children are proportionably less. On them they stow all their goods, and also their infants; which they bundle up very warm in deer-skins. The two ends of a leather thong are tied to the corners of the sled; the bright, or double part of which is placed against the breast, and in that manner it is drawn along.] The men go first, relieving each other in the lead by turns; the women follow next, and the children, ac- cording to their strength, bring up the rear; and, as they all walk in rackets, the third or fourth person finds as excellent path to walk on, let the snow be ever so light. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 2 used I [description] appears beside word form Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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mountaineer The Mountaineer method is the only one adapted for the interior parts of the country: [their sleds are made of two thin boards of birch; each about six inches broad, a quarter of an inch thick, and six feet long: these are fastened parallel to each other by slight battens, sewed on with thongs of deer-skin; and the foremost end is curved up to rise over the inequalities of the snow. Each individual who is able to walk, is furnished with one of these; but those for the children are proportionably less. On them they stow all their goods, and also their infants; which they bundle up very warm in deer-skins. The two ends of a leather thong are tied to the corners of the sled; the bright, or double part of which is placed against the breast, and in that manner it is drawn along.] The men go first, relieving each other in the lead by turns; the women follow next, and the children, ac- cording to their strength, bring up the rear; and, as they all walk in rackets, the third or fourth person finds as excellent path to walk on, let the snow be ever so light. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 2 used I [description] appears beside word form |
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