scrabbling
scrabbling You weren't allowed to settle here for the first hundred years because the overseas merchants wanted to keep all the goodies for themselves. They figured settlers were nothing but trouble, wanting land grants and concessions and finally to run the show themselves. So we had to hide a...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/51432 2023-12-31T10:19:08+01:00 scrabbling 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51432 eng eng S 1974 CAHILL As Loved Our Fathers 22 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 22280 S_22280_scrabbling http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51432 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z scrabbling You weren't allowed to settle here for the first hundred years because the overseas merchants wanted to keep all the goodies for themselves. They figured settlers were nothing but trouble, wanting land grants and concessions and finally to run the show themselves. So we had to hide away in the coves, and look what that did to us. Turned us into half-starved criminals, scrabbling to make a living. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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scrabbling You weren't allowed to settle here for the first hundred years because the overseas merchants wanted to keep all the goodies for themselves. They figured settlers were nothing but trouble, wanting land grants and concessions and finally to run the show themselves. So we had to hide away in the coves, and look what that did to us. Turned us into half-starved criminals, scrabbling to make a living. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn |
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1976 |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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S 1974 CAHILL As Loved Our Fathers 22 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 22280 S_22280_scrabbling http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51432 |
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