sweilers

sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over]...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
Greenland
greenlander*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47372
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47372 2023-12-31T10:02:03+01:00 sweilers 1971/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47372 eng eng S 1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 418 p. 435 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14964 S_14964_sealer 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47372 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 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over] [reverse]p.435 - These Newfoundland sweilers were perhaps the hardiest men in the world, being able to exist without food in weather which not even the most hardened Arctic Greenlander could put up with, and this tragedy of the GREENLAND was considered a very exceptional occurrence. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Not used 1 Not used siler, soiler, swiler, swoiler LANDSMAN Reverse of card at S_14965 Manuscript Arctic Arctic Greenland greenlander* Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection 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
sweilers
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over] [reverse]p.435 - These Newfoundland sweilers were perhaps the hardiest men in the world, being able to exist without food in weather which not even the most hardened Arctic Greenlander could put up with, and this tragedy of the GREENLAND was considered a very exceptional occurrence. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Not used 1 Not used siler, soiler, swiler, swoiler LANDSMAN Reverse of card at S_14965
format Manuscript
title sweilers
title_short sweilers
title_full sweilers
title_fullStr sweilers
title_full_unstemmed sweilers
title_sort sweilers
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47372
genre Arctic
Arctic
Greenland
greenlander*
Newfoundland
genre_facet Arctic
Arctic
Greenland
greenlander*
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 418
p. 435
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14964
S_14964_sealer 1 n
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47372
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