servant [ of a Planter]

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48749

servant [S] 1 [S] n Planters, who have dedicated that period of the year, which cannot be occupied in the fishery, to agriculture, are independent, and perhaps, the happiest people in the island. Fishermen are en- gaged by the Planter, from the beginning of May to the 20th of October, as they have no general means of employing themselves during the remain- der of the year, they are obliged to obtain as much WAGES for six month's servitude, as will support them twelve. If a Planter had a farm, he would engage his servant for twelve months, for the same, and even smaller wages, than he now pays for six months. PRINTED ITEM DNE WK Dec. 4/69 JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Not used Not used FISHERY SERVANT, FISHING ~ . Cp DIETER, wages-servant, summer servants, servant passengers, shareman, seruants. The source is not listed in DNE but the card is stamped as PRINTED ITEM and DNE.