brin bag

brin n "If one o' they cutters comes onto we, we heaves bags [of salt] and boxes [of illicit booze] over the side. The salt, being heavy, takes the boxes straight down below, and there they stays 'till the salt melts into the water. How long that'll take depends on how much salt...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4928
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4928 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 brin bag 1970/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4928 eng eng B 1969 MOWAT The Boat Who 154 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 9355 B_9355_brin n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4928 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z brin n "If one o' they cutters comes onto we, we heaves bags [of salt] and boxes [of illicit booze] over the side. The salt, being heavy, takes the boxes straight down below, and there they stays 'till the salt melts into the water. How long that'll take depends on how much salt you uses and what kind o' bag. A brin bag'll soak out fifty pounds o' salt in fifteen hours; but fifty pounds in a flour sack'll take nigh onto twenty-four hours. You can time it pretty close, you know. And when'tis time for the crates to come afloat why there'll be a couple o' dories nearby, jiggin for cod as innocent as you please. The dorymen puts the cases into their holds, covers 'em up with cod, and that's an end of it . . . PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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brin bag
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description brin n "If one o' they cutters comes onto we, we heaves bags [of salt] and boxes [of illicit booze] over the side. The salt, being heavy, takes the boxes straight down below, and there they stays 'till the salt melts into the water. How long that'll take depends on how much salt you uses and what kind o' bag. A brin bag'll soak out fifty pounds o' salt in fifteen hours; but fifty pounds in a flour sack'll take nigh onto twenty-four hours. You can time it pretty close, you know. And when'tis time for the crates to come afloat why there'll be a couple o' dories nearby, jiggin for cod as innocent as you please. The dorymen puts the cases into their holds, covers 'em up with cod, and that's an end of it . . . PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used
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title_short brin bag
title_full brin bag
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publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4928
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1969 MOWAT The Boat Who 154
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
9355
B_9355_brin n
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