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scarfs My informant tells me that for good luck, whenever a boat was built money was put in the boat 'where they scarfs her'. The money has always to be silver and was usually about 25 or 50 cents. The money was put where the stem & keel meet, or as the local people say 'where the...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45782 |
| Summary: | scarfs My informant tells me that for good luck, whenever a boat was built money was put in the boat 'where they scarfs her'. The money has always to be silver and was usually about 25 or 50 cents. The money was put where the stem & keel meet, or as the local people say 'where they scarfs her'. JH 8/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn |
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