snailer

snail n Sometimes boys of my age and I would go picking snails in the harbour.Everyone would be singing their favourite snailer song. "Snailer, snailer come out your hole If you don't I beat your father and your mother black as anti coal." .When we went to pick "snailers" to...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48221
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Summary:snail n Sometimes boys of my age and I would go picking snails in the harbour.Everyone would be singing their favourite snailer song. "Snailer, snailer come out your hole If you don't I beat your father and your mother black as anti coal." .When we went to pick "snailers" to eat it was a different matter.When there was a crowd of us boys picking snails we use [sic] to call them "snailers". JH 7/72 DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I snailer, WRINKLE, [see 'snagle', etc.] citation is only partially used in the DNE Source is cited as M 68-7 in the DNE