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sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over]...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58034 2023-12-31T10:02:03+01:00 sweilers 1971/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58034 eng eng S 1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 418 p. 435 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14965 S_14965_sealer 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58034 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 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over] [reverse]p.435 - These Newfoundland sweilers were perhaps the hardiest men in the world, being able to exist without food in weather which not even the most hardened Arctic Greenlander could put up with, and this tragedy of the GREENLAND was considered a very exceptional occurrence. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Not used 1 Not used siler, soiler, swiler, swoiler LANDSMAN Reverse side of S_14964 Manuscript Arctic Arctic Greenland greenlander* Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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sealer 1 n There, when her blacksmith set to work to repair the defects of her engines, their forge fire was covered by the kettles of 140 Newfoundland "sweilers." (This is the local name for the seal killers who were taken aboard the Dundee vessels on arriving at St. John's.) [over] [reverse]p.435 - These Newfoundland sweilers were perhaps the hardiest men in the world, being able to exist without food in weather which not even the most hardened Arctic Greenlander could put up with, and this tragedy of the GREENLAND was considered a very exceptional occurrence. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1971 JH JAN 1971 Used I Not used 1 Not used siler, soiler, swiler, swoiler LANDSMAN Reverse side of S_14964 |
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Arctic Arctic Greenland greenlander* Newfoundland |
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Arctic Arctic Greenland greenlander* Newfoundland |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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S 1937 LUBBOCK Arctic Whalers 418 p. 435 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14965 S_14965_sealer 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58034 |
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