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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...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45782
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/45782 2023-12-31T10:18:47+01:00 scarfs 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45782 eng eng S Claude Bishop, 69-2/100 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 22137 S_22137_scarfs http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45782 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z 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 JH 8/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
scarfs
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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 JH 8/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title scarfs
title_short scarfs
title_full scarfs
title_fullStr scarfs
title_full_unstemmed scarfs
title_sort scarfs
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45782
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
Claude Bishop, 69-2/100
Wesleyville
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
22137
S_22137_scarfs
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