sky-larking

sky-larking This term refers to the tactics of children playing roughly or teasing each other by pushing, chasing and hitting. As children we often engaged in such activity after a day spent indoors during rainy weather. Usually lots of loud noise accompanied it and this plus the running annoyed my...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/49489
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/49489 2023-12-31T10:15:51+01:00 sky-larking 1961/07/07 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/49489 eng eng S 32 71 -92 Sister Marie Crotty 26 RC Topsail Memory July 7, 1961 From my memory References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 23615 S_23615_sky-larking http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/49489 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 1961 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z sky-larking This term refers to the tactics of children playing roughly or teasing each other by pushing, chasing and hitting. As children we often engaged in such activity after a day spent indoors during rainy weather. Usually lots of loud noise accompanied it and this plus the running annoyed my parents who would command us to stop the "sky-larking" Several of my sisters still use the term and one Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Checked by Raji Sreeni on Fri 21 Aug 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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sky-larking
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description sky-larking This term refers to the tactics of children playing roughly or teasing each other by pushing, chasing and hitting. As children we often engaged in such activity after a day spent indoors during rainy weather. Usually lots of loud noise accompanied it and this plus the running annoyed my parents who would command us to stop the "sky-larking" Several of my sisters still use the term and one Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Checked by Raji Sreeni on Fri 21 Aug 2015
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title sky-larking
title_short sky-larking
title_full sky-larking
title_fullStr sky-larking
title_full_unstemmed sky-larking
title_sort sky-larking
publishDate 1961
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/49489
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
32 71 -92
Sister Marie Crotty 26 RC Topsail Memory July 7, 1961 From my memory
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
23615
S_23615_sky-larking
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