[beaver tailed] racquet

beaver1 It is a bent bow of wood with two crossbars, the intervening spaces being thickly woven of deerskin thong, except a small opening where the toe goes, and which is below the middle of the upper bar. There are great varieties of form, called usually from some fancied resemblance to the tail of...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1963
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5237
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/5237 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 [beaver tailed] racquet 1963/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5237 eng eng B 1884 STEARNS Labrador 149 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 3382 B_3382_beaver1 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5237 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 1963 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z beaver1 It is a bent bow of wood with two crossbars, the intervening spaces being thickly woven of deerskin thong, except a small opening where the toe goes, and which is below the middle of the upper bar. There are great varieties of form, called usually from some fancied resemblance to the tail of an animal. The beaver, the otter, the porcupine, and the bobtailed rackets are used perhaps more frequently than any others about this coast. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1963 Used I and Sup Used I Used I See 'beaver-tails', 'long tails', 'bear/paw[-]s[-]' 'snowshoe' etc. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
[beaver tailed] racquet
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description beaver1 It is a bent bow of wood with two crossbars, the intervening spaces being thickly woven of deerskin thong, except a small opening where the toe goes, and which is below the middle of the upper bar. There are great varieties of form, called usually from some fancied resemblance to the tail of an animal. The beaver, the otter, the porcupine, and the bobtailed rackets are used perhaps more frequently than any others about this coast. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1963 Used I and Sup Used I Used I See 'beaver-tails', 'long tails', 'bear/paw[-]s[-]' 'snowshoe' etc.
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title [beaver tailed] racquet
title_short [beaver tailed] racquet
title_full [beaver tailed] racquet
title_fullStr [beaver tailed] racquet
title_full_unstemmed [beaver tailed] racquet
title_sort [beaver tailed] racquet
publishDate 1963
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5237
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
1884 STEARNS Labrador 149
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
3382
B_3382_beaver1
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