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lugging But it is the quaint folk-custom known as "lugging" that I wish especially to write about.Down to the advent of Commission of Government in 1934, which first made December 26 a gen- eral holiday here and under its English name of Boxing Day, the day was known in Newfoundland as St....

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/57751 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 lugging xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57751 eng eng L 1966 EVENING TELEGRAM 21 January Port de Grave; [reverse] N.C.Crewe January 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16242 L_16242_lugging http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57751 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z lugging But it is the quaint folk-custom known as "lugging" that I wish especially to write about.Down to the advent of Commission of Government in 1934, which first made December 26 a gen- eral holiday here and under its English name of Boxing Day, the day was known in Newfoundland as St. Stephen's Day. In Port de Grave, St. Stephen's Day had been kept as a holiday from time immemorial. If a man ventured to engage in any work on that day, and it became known, a number of his neighbours would get a ladder, a gate or a door, march [-]xx[-] with it to the 's offender_s_ place of work or his home, seize him and made him get on the ladder, gate or door. Perhaps they would tie him on, if he resisted. The gang would then take up the ladder, gate or door and carry it through the place, being joined by boys, and whosoever will, enroute. The offender would, of course, be jeered at as the procession passed along. He would be brought back to his home, where he was expected to treat his attendants with cake and syrup, or, if he had it, something stronger./ This custom persisted down to about 40 years ago. A Port de Grave contemporary of mine well recalls his own father being "lugged", because he was caught working in his store; in this case, there was no ladder, gate or door; instead, four men seized his arms and legs and carried him around thus [over] [reverse] spreadeagled. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 19 Jun 2015, Reverse side of L_16241, stamped but not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description lugging But it is the quaint folk-custom known as "lugging" that I wish especially to write about.Down to the advent of Commission of Government in 1934, which first made December 26 a gen- eral holiday here and under its English name of Boxing Day, the day was known in Newfoundland as St. Stephen's Day. In Port de Grave, St. Stephen's Day had been kept as a holiday from time immemorial. If a man ventured to engage in any work on that day, and it became known, a number of his neighbours would get a ladder, a gate or a door, march [-]xx[-] with it to the 's offender_s_ place of work or his home, seize him and made him get on the ladder, gate or door. Perhaps they would tie him on, if he resisted. The gang would then take up the ladder, gate or door and carry it through the place, being joined by boys, and whosoever will, enroute. The offender would, of course, be jeered at as the procession passed along. He would be brought back to his home, where he was expected to treat his attendants with cake and syrup, or, if he had it, something stronger./ This custom persisted down to about 40 years ago. A Port de Grave contemporary of mine well recalls his own father being "lugged", because he was caught working in his store; in this case, there was no ladder, gate or door; instead, four men seized his arms and legs and carried him around thus [over] [reverse] spreadeagled. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 19 Jun 2015, Reverse side of L_16241, stamped but not used
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1966 EVENING TELEGRAM 21 January
Port de Grave; [reverse] N.C.Crewe January 1966
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16242
L_16242_lugging
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