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slapper CHARM - HORSE HAIRS. When we were in school in early 50's, the teacher would have a large wooden pointer, 'a _slapper_', for punishing the children. If we were bad we usually got 5 - 8 cracks on the palm of the hands. If one could get two black horsehairs and one white one fro...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58003 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 _slapper,_ a xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58003 eng eng S C 65-4 37 P.J Delaney Eng 340 22 Tors Cove H. Penton (friend) fisherman 30 Fogo Experience of School Days Nov 1 1964 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17274 S_17274_slapper http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58003 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 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z slapper CHARM - HORSE HAIRS. When we were in school in early 50's, the teacher would have a large wooden pointer, 'a _slapper_', for punishing the children. If we were bad we usually got 5 - 8 cracks on the palm of the hands. If one could get two black horsehairs and one white one from horse's tail or mane, have them pickled for two weeks, then put them on your hand with the two black covering the white, as you took your punishment. This charm had the power to break off the pointer and your punishment was over. DICT CEN. DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Cited quotation partially used, up to the end of the fourth line. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description slapper CHARM - HORSE HAIRS. When we were in school in early 50's, the teacher would have a large wooden pointer, 'a _slapper_', for punishing the children. If we were bad we usually got 5 - 8 cracks on the palm of the hands. If one could get two black horsehairs and one white one from horse's tail or mane, have them pickled for two weeks, then put them on your hand with the two black covering the white, as you took your punishment. This charm had the power to break off the pointer and your punishment was over. DICT CEN. DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Cited quotation partially used, up to the end of the fourth line.
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P.J Delaney Eng 340 22 Tors Cove H. Penton (friend) fisherman 30 Fogo Experience of School Days Nov 1 1964
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17274
S_17274_slapper
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