Split Dealers
split n _Paradise Wood Merchants or __Split Dealers___ Up until the thirties the people of Paradise had a very flourishing trade with St. John's in various sorts of articles which they cut in the woods around then and or made from wood that they cut (see list below). At one time Paradise was kn...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/54573 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 Split Dealers 1966/12/06 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54573 eng eng S 81 67-5 William Hamlyn, Eng 340, 21, St. John's Weston Hamlyn, father, ex-farmer, 63, St. John's (West) St. John's (West) 1930s and before At home in St. John's, Dec. 5, 1966; Dec 5, 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18797 S_18797_split n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54573 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z split n _Paradise Wood Merchants or __Split Dealers___ Up until the thirties the people of Paradise had a very flourishing trade with St. John's in various sorts of articles which they cut in the woods around then and or made from wood that they cut (see list below). At one time Paradise was known as Woodville because all of the people there depended upon wood for their livelihoods. As a matter of fact they made such a success of their [reverse] business that their community received the name that it now bears. They sold their products door-to-door usually to regular customers, and to merchants. They would go around perhaps several times a week with their long-carts full of such things as the following (a long-cart is a two-wheeled, flat cart with two or three stakes on each side drawn partly down onto the frame, standing erect It keeps the load on); _"Splits"_ - small pieces of spruce or fir junks used for starting the fire in the morning, usually sold in bundles. birch junks - priced by the hundred but sold in smaller lots as well. spruce and fir sticks - cut up for burning by the buyers. [inc] - see another card [inc] - see another card [inc] brooms - see another card DEC. 6 1966 DICT. CEN. DNE-cit [reverse] JH APR 1971 DICT. CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I BAVIN Newfoundland Folklore Survey Reverse of card at S_18798 citation is only partially used in the DNE Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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split n _Paradise Wood Merchants or __Split Dealers___ Up until the thirties the people of Paradise had a very flourishing trade with St. John's in various sorts of articles which they cut in the woods around then and or made from wood that they cut (see list below). At one time Paradise was known as Woodville because all of the people there depended upon wood for their livelihoods. As a matter of fact they made such a success of their [reverse] business that their community received the name that it now bears. They sold their products door-to-door usually to regular customers, and to merchants. They would go around perhaps several times a week with their long-carts full of such things as the following (a long-cart is a two-wheeled, flat cart with two or three stakes on each side drawn partly down onto the frame, standing erect It keeps the load on); _"Splits"_ - small pieces of spruce or fir junks used for starting the fire in the morning, usually sold in bundles. birch junks - priced by the hundred but sold in smaller lots as well. spruce and fir sticks - cut up for burning by the buyers. [inc] - see another card [inc] - see another card [inc] brooms - see another card DEC. 6 1966 DICT. CEN. DNE-cit [reverse] JH APR 1971 DICT. CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I BAVIN Newfoundland Folklore Survey Reverse of card at S_18798 citation is only partially used in the DNE |
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S 81 67-5 William Hamlyn, Eng 340, 21, St. John's Weston Hamlyn, father, ex-farmer, 63, St. John's (West) St. John's (West) 1930s and before At home in St. John's, Dec. 5, 1966; Dec 5, 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18797 S_18797_split n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54573 |
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