linhay

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50143

linny n In the West Country a separate shed with a peaked roof is called a "linhay." One long side of the rectangular "linhay" is open, and the roof on this side is supported by a series of wooden posts or stone pillars. The "linhay" shelters various animals, fowl or equipment but was used most commonly as a cow house.[S]22[S] Above the "linhay" was a small hay loft or "tallet" with access to feed racks below. The word "_linhay_" is also used in the southeast of Ireland and is called in Gaelic [i]lann-iotha[i] (corn-house).[S]23[S] It has been described as a lean-to shed attached to a house or other outbuildings and used for the storage of tools and crops. As far as is known, however, such an outbuilding is rare. Whether the "linhay" in the St John's study areas is based on Irish antecedents or was borrowed from a Devonshire tradition there remains a vexed question, but it is certain that the placing of this building along the rear of the farmhouse does not have any Irish, or indeed English, antecedents. The physical separation of dwelling house and outbuildings was a feature of southeast Irish farmsteads, as noted, but even in the west and north, where such connections were numerous, the addition was invariably to the gable end of the house rather than on the rear. The _"back-linhay"_ was an adaptation to the cold Newfoundland winters, where PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story AUG 1974 JH AUG 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I linhay, linney, porch, linny-hole/yard Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 22 Jul 2015