_SWAB_

swab n This was an object used to wash out fish with. The swab was about two feet long and had a piece of brin on one end, which was either tied on or _[INC]_ there with a nail and a falt tack. From this we get the verb "swab" which means to wash out [check] [reverse] salt fish. The fish w...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/51412 2023-12-31T10:17:40+01:00 _SWAB_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51412 eng eng S [inc] 70-12 Bobbie FilliER Eng 340 22 ENgLEE. MRS. ESTHER FILLIER (Gran) Housewife 73 ENgLEE Her Mother MRS. Andrew Canning ENGLEE 1860-1945. ENgLEE Age 12 1969 December 9, 1969. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 21401 S_21401_swab n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51412 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 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z swab n This was an object used to wash out fish with. The swab was about two feet long and had a piece of brin on one end, which was either tied on or _[INC]_ there with a nail and a falt tack. From this we get the verb "swab" which means to wash out [check] [reverse] salt fish. The fish would be held by the tail in a Punchon tub full of water and swabbed out. Then it was left to drain and later put out to dry. [Image] BREN NAIL FELT TAX [check] DNE-cit DNE-cit DICT CEN. DEC 10 1969 [check] Used I Used I 1 Used I NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. The source is listed as C 70-12 in DNE. Reverse of card at S_21402 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description swab n This was an object used to wash out fish with. The swab was about two feet long and had a piece of brin on one end, which was either tied on or _[INC]_ there with a nail and a falt tack. From this we get the verb "swab" which means to wash out [check] [reverse] salt fish. The fish would be held by the tail in a Punchon tub full of water and swabbed out. Then it was left to drain and later put out to dry. [Image] BREN NAIL FELT TAX [check] DNE-cit DNE-cit DICT CEN. DEC 10 1969 [check] Used I Used I 1 Used I NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. The source is listed as C 70-12 in DNE. Reverse of card at S_21402
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Bobbie FilliER Eng 340 22 ENgLEE. MRS. ESTHER FILLIER (Gran) Housewife 73 ENgLEE Her Mother MRS. Andrew Canning ENGLEE 1860-1945. ENgLEE Age 12 1969 December 9, 1969.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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