balish
ballast (v) '_Nfld. Dialect_' _GUTFOUNDERED:_ "I'm gutfoundered" was an expression heard after three hours skating or four hours working in the garden. It, of course, meant, "I'm starved, what have we got to eat?" _BALISH_: As children we would throw a milk ca...
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5828 |
| Summary: | ballast (v) '_Nfld. Dialect_' _GUTFOUNDERED:_ "I'm gutfoundered" was an expression heard after three hours skating or four hours working in the garden. It, of course, meant, "I'm starved, what have we got to eat?" _BALISH_: As children we would throw a milk can or bottle in the water and 'balish' it with rocks, ie. drive it off from the 'lan wash' (landwash). On the other hand if one lost an object in the DICT CEN DNE-cit Used I Used I Not used JH: card says not used but cite is found in 1st ed. LP: This is a Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card.; LP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008. |
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