longers

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55163

longer n Materials cleared from the land were used to build fences. Fence forms varied even within study areas. _"Stake and longer"_ fences domi- nated the Avalon at the end of the last century. A post or stake was driven into the ground every 8 feet or so and 2 or 3 horizontally placed posts or _"longers_," each around 16 feet in length, were tied to the posts with withes or _gads2_ (Fig. 18A). Alternatively the longers were tied to the upright posts by homemade tree-nails or _"trunnels_," or secured with strips of bark. Along the Cape Shore, and to a lesser extent near St John's, sticks and branches were woven between either the vertical posts or horizontal rails and were referred to as _"wave_," _"bush_," or _"riddlin_" fences. Another variant was the picket fence, formed of closely-spaced vertical sticks which were nailed or tied to the horizontally laid "longers."[S]3[S] This type usually enclosed the kitchen garden. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not Used lunger, strouter, stouter, longer fence, pratt Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 06 Aug 2015, same quote in G_16176-7 , stamped but not used