_salt water cake_

salt water A duck, a drake, a _salt water cake_ and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on until t...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/51102 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 _salt water cake_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51102 eng eng S FLCQ 66/67 V, 6b Donald Kevin Regular b. & r. Hr Grace (Mr & Mrs Willis Regular b. & r. Hr Grace) (Mr Llewellyn Ash b. & r. Hr Grace) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13367 S_13367_salt water http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51102 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 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z salt water A duck, a drake, a _salt water cake_ and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on until the rock stopped skimming. If it skimmed more than four or five times then you would begin from the beginning of your riddle. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I The "salt water cake" word form is taken from the rhyme. Printed Item does not appear. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_salt water cake_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description salt water A duck, a drake, a _salt water cake_ and a bottle of Brandy O. A riddle used when rocks are skimmed across the water. When the rock hits the water the first time the thrower would say "a duck". At the second hitting in the water he would say "a drake" and so on until the rock stopped skimming. If it skimmed more than four or five times then you would begin from the beginning of your riddle. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I The "salt water cake" word form is taken from the rhyme. Printed Item does not appear.
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title_short _salt water cake_
title_full _salt water cake_
title_fullStr _salt water cake_
title_full_unstemmed _salt water cake_
title_sort _salt water cake_
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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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FLCQ 66/67 V, 6b
Donald Kevin Regular b. & r. Hr Grace (Mr & Mrs Willis Regular b. & r. Hr Grace) (Mr Llewellyn Ash b. & r. Hr Grace)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13367
S_13367_salt water
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