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box n other farmers, or perhaps wood merchants selling splits, birch junks, birch brooms and other similar articles, or butchers from "up the shore," all of whom were on their way to their customers. My informant says that most of his vegetables were sold door-to-door to regular customers...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/5672 2023-12-31T10:19:32+01:00 box-cart 1973/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5672 eng eng B 67-6/82 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13542 B_13542_box n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5672 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z box n other farmers, or perhaps wood merchants selling splits, birch junks, birch brooms and other similar articles, or butchers from "up the shore," all of whom were on their way to their customers. My informant says that most of his vegetables were sold door-to-door to regular customers and sometimes there would be large special orders, not necessarily delivered on Saturday, for merchants. Most people bought in fairly large quantities - eg. a ninety pound sack of potatoes (half a barrel) at $1.25 - $1.50 or a bunch of five turnips at about 5�-1�. Usually two people would set out with two box-cart loads or express wagon loads and then perhaps have to go back for another load since, my informant says, more vegetables were eaten in those days and the demand was greater (box-cart is a rough, box-shaped, two-wheeled cart and an express wagon is larger, has four wheels, a seat up front and a built-up frame behind). In winter a home-built sled, known as a catamaran, was used. a rough, box-shaped, two-wheeled cart JH APR 1971 Used I Used I 2 Not used This is the reverse of B_5091. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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box n other farmers, or perhaps wood merchants selling splits, birch junks, birch brooms and other similar articles, or butchers from "up the shore," all of whom were on their way to their customers. My informant says that most of his vegetables were sold door-to-door to regular customers and sometimes there would be large special orders, not necessarily delivered on Saturday, for merchants. Most people bought in fairly large quantities - eg. a ninety pound sack of potatoes (half a barrel) at $1.25 - $1.50 or a bunch of five turnips at about 5�-1�. Usually two people would set out with two box-cart loads or express wagon loads and then perhaps have to go back for another load since, my informant says, more vegetables were eaten in those days and the demand was greater (box-cart is a rough, box-shaped, two-wheeled cart and an express wagon is larger, has four wheels, a seat up front and a built-up frame behind). In winter a home-built sled, known as a catamaran, was used. a rough, box-shaped, two-wheeled cart JH APR 1971 Used I Used I 2 Not used This is the reverse of B_5091. |
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