_spaws_

spall n _Folk Language_: very thin piece of kindling wood. _"Spaws"_. These were not like "splits" which were deliberately cut to a certain size to start a fire, but were rather pieces driven away from an one when someone cleaved wood. My mother would have to resort to a "fe...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50106 2023-12-31T10:15:19+01:00 _spaws_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50106 eng eng S 42 71-123 Randell Smith 22 Ang. Normans Cove T.B. Aug. 9/71 Rachel Smith mother housewife 57 same same Ang. As a boy when we had to burn wood at home. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18468 S_18468_spall n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50106 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z spall n _Folk Language_: very thin piece of kindling wood. _"Spaws"_. These were not like "splits" which were deliberately cut to a certain size to start a fire, but were rather pieces driven away from an one when someone cleaved wood. My mother would have to resort to a "few spaws" if we were not around to make splits. Yes DICT. CEN. DNE-cit JW Used I Used I Not used spawl*, spaw*, SPLIT Newfoundland Folklore Survey citation is referenced but not directly quoted in the DNE. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description spall n _Folk Language_: very thin piece of kindling wood. _"Spaws"_. These were not like "splits" which were deliberately cut to a certain size to start a fire, but were rather pieces driven away from an one when someone cleaved wood. My mother would have to resort to a "few spaws" if we were not around to make splits. Yes DICT. CEN. DNE-cit JW Used I Used I Not used spawl*, spaw*, SPLIT Newfoundland Folklore Survey citation is referenced but not directly quoted in the DNE.
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42 71-123
Randell Smith 22 Ang. Normans Cove T.B. Aug. 9/71 Rachel Smith mother housewife 57 same same Ang. As a boy when we had to burn wood at home.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
18468
S_18468_spall n
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