snow-houses

snow n The art of building snow-houses is still practised by the Labrador Eskimo north of Hopedale. In Southern Labrador, the custom has so nearly died out that the missionaries hold snow-building contests to keep alive the ancient art. [see also '"living" snow', 'snow-knife...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
eskimo*
Hopedale
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47709
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47709 2023-12-31T10:06:30+01:00 snow-houses 1971/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47709 eng eng S 1916 HAWKES Labrador Eskimo 58 Colin Penney MAY 27 69 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18087 S_18087_snow n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47709 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 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z snow n The art of building snow-houses is still practised by the Labrador Eskimo north of Hopedale. In Southern Labrador, the custom has so nearly died out that the missionaries hold snow-building contests to keep alive the ancient art. [see also '"living" snow', 'snow-knife'] Yes PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I deathfall, drop, dwy, hole, house, hut, path, slide-path, woods, road, racket, shoe, living snow, snow-knife Manuscript eskimo* Hopedale 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
snow-houses
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description snow n The art of building snow-houses is still practised by the Labrador Eskimo north of Hopedale. In Southern Labrador, the custom has so nearly died out that the missionaries hold snow-building contests to keep alive the ancient art. [see also '"living" snow', 'snow-knife'] Yes PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I deathfall, drop, dwy, hole, house, hut, path, slide-path, woods, road, racket, shoe, living snow, snow-knife
format Manuscript
title snow-houses
title_short snow-houses
title_full snow-houses
title_fullStr snow-houses
title_full_unstemmed snow-houses
title_sort snow-houses
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47709
genre eskimo*
Hopedale
Newfoundland
genre_facet eskimo*
Hopedale
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1916 HAWKES Labrador Eskimo 58
Colin Penney MAY 27 69
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
18087
S_18087_snow n
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