snow-knife

snow-knife The spot having been selected for a camp, the Eskimo tests an adjacent snowbank with his boots to see if it has the requisite firmness, or he thrusts his long snow-knife ([PT]) . . . into it. [building of snow-house] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Not used Not used W...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56753
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56753 2023-12-31T10:06:29+01:00 snow-knife 1971/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56753 eng eng S 1916 HAWKES Labrador Indian 58 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 24230 S_24230_snow-knife http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56753 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z snow-knife The spot having been selected for a camp, the Eskimo tests an adjacent snowbank with his boots to see if it has the requisite firmness, or he thrusts his long snow-knife ([PT]) . . . into it. [building of snow-house] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also 'snow-houses', "Living" snow] Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 24 Sep 2015, Card marked DNE-cit but not used Manuscript eskimo* Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
snow-knife
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description snow-knife The spot having been selected for a camp, the Eskimo tests an adjacent snowbank with his boots to see if it has the requisite firmness, or he thrusts his long snow-knife ([PT]) . . . into it. [building of snow-house] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also 'snow-houses', "Living" snow] Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 24 Sep 2015, Card marked DNE-cit but not used
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title snow-knife
title_short snow-knife
title_full snow-knife
title_fullStr snow-knife
title_full_unstemmed snow-knife
title_sort snow-knife
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56753
genre eskimo*
Newfoundland
genre_facet eskimo*
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1916 HAWKES Labrador Indian 58
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
24230
S_24230_snow-knife
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