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leggy n [PT]JW "_They knotty-ied up their lags._" I personally heard this expression from an old fisherman at Fogo. He was describing to another group of men a modern dance he had seen on T.V. The name of the dance in this case was the twist. It was the first time he had seen such a dance...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56224 2023-12-31T10:17:05+01:00 _lags_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56224 eng eng L 20 71 -129 Edmund Walbourne 26 R.C Fogo 1966 July 5/71 Mr. William Pope None Retired fisherman 80 Fogo Fogo U.C Unknown References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15096 L_15096_leggy n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56224 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z leggy n [PT]JW "_They knotty-ied up their lags._" I personally heard this expression from an old fisherman at Fogo. He was describing to another group of men a modern dance he had seen on T.V. The name of the dance in this case was the twist. It was the first time he had seen such a dance and he thought it was something very different from the dances he had done in his youth. He seemed a little emotional when telling it and ended by saying Yes JW Used I and Sup Not used Not used laggy, rounder, tom cod Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jul 2015, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside encountered Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description leggy n [PT]JW "_They knotty-ied up their lags._" I personally heard this expression from an old fisherman at Fogo. He was describing to another group of men a modern dance he had seen on T.V. The name of the dance in this case was the twist. It was the first time he had seen such a dance and he thought it was something very different from the dances he had done in his youth. He seemed a little emotional when telling it and ended by saying Yes JW Used I and Sup Not used Not used laggy, rounder, tom cod Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jul 2015, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside encountered
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20 71 -129
Edmund Walbourne 26 R.C Fogo 1966 July 5/71 Mr. William Pope None Retired fisherman 80 Fogo Fogo U.C Unknown
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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L_15096_leggy n
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