| Summary: | skerry n Language Domestic _"scurry"_ a "scurry" was used for cleaning the land of rocks and sods. It was made simply splitting a tree, rihning it and using there for runners, and nailing a few slats across to put the rocks and sods on. It was then tackled to the horse or hauled by hand. [reverse] Mr. Stapleton's children often called this a _"cobbly-bawn"_ and when I asked him the difference he said this was a word not used by his father but they as children put that on it. A "cobbly-bawn" in its true sense was used more for bringing fish around. It was made much the same way but had a cart on it I asked him where the word came from, he was not sure but he said maybe from the fact that a _"bawn"_ is a grassy area near the sea shore, and in bringing the fish over the rocks to the flakes it could easily be called "cobbly-bawn". DNE-cit DICT CEN Used I Used I Used I SKIRR, scurry [see 'skerry'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. Reverse of card at S_16855. Diagram included
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