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niche In the late 19th century many NFLD fishermen had so little formal education that they were unable to count up to ten. In these days if they were counting tubs of fish, bars of fish, corks for traps, grapnels, rinds, etc. they had a special way to do it. It was done in the form of a rhyme. It w...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59736
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59736 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 niche image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59736 eng eng N Boyd Trask, 68-24 /no No. Elliston, T.B. and Centreville, B.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13262 N_13262_niche http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59736 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z niche In the late 19th century many NFLD fishermen had so little formal education that they were unable to count up to ten. In these days if they were counting tubs of fish, bars of fish, corks for traps, grapnels, rinds, etc. they had a special way to do it. It was done in the form of a rhyme. It went something like this:- One and one are two, Two and two are four, And two is a couple more. This one and that one And two more is a niche. (ten) JH 6/71 Not used Not used Not used [see - nitch, knitch, etc.] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description niche In the late 19th century many NFLD fishermen had so little formal education that they were unable to count up to ten. In these days if they were counting tubs of fish, bars of fish, corks for traps, grapnels, rinds, etc. they had a special way to do it. It was done in the form of a rhyme. It went something like this:- One and one are two, Two and two are four, And two is a couple more. This one and that one And two more is a niche. (ten) JH 6/71 Not used Not used Not used [see - nitch, knitch, etc.]
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59736
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation N
Boyd Trask, 68-24 /no No.
Elliston, T.B. and Centreville, B.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13262
N_13262_niche
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