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station n Thus, while the ice was still on the shores of Labrador, a steamer was sent ahead with numbers of men, each armed with "a trap leader," to get ahead of the sailing schooners which were working their perilous way along inside the floe ice. In one case, after the best berths had th...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53953 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 station 1970/09/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53953 eng eng S 1895 GRENFELL Vikings of To-day 68-71 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20096 S_20096_station n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53953 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z station n Thus, while the ice was still on the shores of Labrador, a steamer was sent ahead with numbers of men, each armed with "a trap leader," to get ahead of the sailing schooners which were working their perilous way along inside the floe ice. In one case, after the best berths had thus been taken, the nets to complete the traps did not turn up till after the prescribed four days. Again, some men were landed with 'leaders' on one station late at night. "No sail in sight, We'll secure our/ berthe tomorrow morning." During the night, however, a southerly wind brought in two schooners, and during the hours of darkness these secured the price while the others slept. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J.KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I Shetland Truck System, FISHING STATION, ROOM. Only part of the citation on card is in DNE. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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station n Thus, while the ice was still on the shores of Labrador, a steamer was sent ahead with numbers of men, each armed with "a trap leader," to get ahead of the sailing schooners which were working their perilous way along inside the floe ice. In one case, after the best berths had thus been taken, the nets to complete the traps did not turn up till after the prescribed four days. Again, some men were landed with 'leaders' on one station late at night. "No sail in sight, We'll secure our/ berthe tomorrow morning." During the night, however, a southerly wind brought in two schooners, and during the hours of darkness these secured the price while the others slept. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J.KIRWIN SEP 1970 JH SEP 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I Shetland Truck System, FISHING STATION, ROOM. Only part of the citation on card is in DNE. |
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