sand rock

sand n Grandmother always used the sand rock to clean up the floors.It was a common thing to see not only grand- mother but other women as well going to the beach with their aprons on to get sand rocks. What they considered to be sand rocks was a type of rock which was many different colors. This ro...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52508
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/52508 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 sand rock 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52508 eng eng S Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/61 Englee References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13515 S_13515_sand n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52508 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z sand n Grandmother always used the sand rock to clean up the floors.It was a common thing to see not only grand- mother but other women as well going to the beach with their aprons on to get sand rocks. What they considered to be sand rocks was a type of rock which was many different colors. This rock was usually round in shape, which was due to its washing back and forth on the beach. The women would use a large rock to break up the sand rock, so that the remains could be used to put on the floor when cleaning. Of course this was before the day of floor covering. There would be only the bare board to clean, the knots would very often stick out. DNE-cit. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I Used I Parts of the quote are used in the dictionary 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
sand rock
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sand n Grandmother always used the sand rock to clean up the floors.It was a common thing to see not only grand- mother but other women as well going to the beach with their aprons on to get sand rocks. What they considered to be sand rocks was a type of rock which was many different colors. This rock was usually round in shape, which was due to its washing back and forth on the beach. The women would use a large rock to break up the sand rock, so that the remains could be used to put on the floor when cleaning. Of course this was before the day of floor covering. There would be only the bare board to clean, the knots would very often stick out. DNE-cit. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I Used I Parts of the quote are used in the dictionary
format Manuscript
title sand rock
title_short sand rock
title_full sand rock
title_fullStr sand rock
title_full_unstemmed sand rock
title_sort sand rock
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52508
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 S
Bobbie Fillier, 70-12/61
Englee
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13515
S_13515_sand n
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