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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47116 2023-12-31T10:18:12+01:00 main patch xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47116 eng eng M 1933 GREENE Wooden Walls 11 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13048 M_13048_main a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47116 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 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z main a M_13047: Occaisionally this Westerly drift has occurred in such manner that in the mad swirling of the ice-fields, what is known to the sealer as the "Main Patche" of seals has been brought so near in-shore on some part of the Island, and with great masses of the Ice FLoe placed in such a fortunate fashion, that the fishermen and planters of the xxxxxx near-by Outports have reaped a rich harvest by working the seals from the shore - travelling in their quest, at the hazard of their lives and till far out to sea, over the fickle and treacherous ice-pans. All such Springs have long been known in Newfoundland as "Green Bay Springs" - the name being derived from one greatly- famed if quaintly-chronicles Spring of this description, which took place (as the name denoted) in Green Bay, one of the (over) [Reverse] M_13048: Beauty spots of Newfoundland. On this celebrated occasion, the local historian of the Hamlets faithfully records that the "Whitecoats" (or young Harp seals) were in such large numbers and so favorably placed, that "even the women and the dogs made �10- a-man"! ! PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used main patch, PATCH, main road,~ patch, ~ warp Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015, Stamped but not used . Reverse side of M_13047 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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main a M_13047: Occaisionally this Westerly drift has occurred in such manner that in the mad swirling of the ice-fields, what is known to the sealer as the "Main Patche" of seals has been brought so near in-shore on some part of the Island, and with great masses of the Ice FLoe placed in such a fortunate fashion, that the fishermen and planters of the xxxxxx near-by Outports have reaped a rich harvest by working the seals from the shore - travelling in their quest, at the hazard of their lives and till far out to sea, over the fickle and treacherous ice-pans. All such Springs have long been known in Newfoundland as "Green Bay Springs" - the name being derived from one greatly- famed if quaintly-chronicles Spring of this description, which took place (as the name denoted) in Green Bay, one of the (over) [Reverse] M_13048: Beauty spots of Newfoundland. On this celebrated occasion, the local historian of the Hamlets faithfully records that the "Whitecoats" (or young Harp seals) were in such large numbers and so favorably placed, that "even the women and the dogs made �10- a-man"! ! PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used main patch, PATCH, main road,~ patch, ~ warp Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 01 Oct 2015, Stamped but not used . Reverse side of M_13047 |
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