snig /snig stick

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55709

snig n 18. _Snig_'. [PT] This game was played more often by the boys than by the girls but it was not uncommon for girls to play. In order to play, each person had to have a "snig stick" which was a narrow stick about three feet long and pointed at one end. A gooster was set up and a "_catball_" [PT] was made. The catball was a short stick about one foot long which served the same purpose as a puck in hockey. The gooster [reverse] was two rocks set about ten inches apart. . . . The game was played in three parts. The first part was "Heave out". The catball was layed across the "gooster", the "snig stick" placed under it and it was thrown as far out as possible. The persons on the other team would be placed anywhere from thirty to one hundred feet out away from the "gooster". They had to try and hit the catball and drive it back in as close to the "gooster" as possible. . . Yes DNE-cit [over] G.M.Story JH 11/73 Used I Used I Used I snig, snigs, snig stick [see also 'gooster"] Phonetic Transcription of the word catball; Reverse side of T18027