Labrador dance

Newfoundland [At Bonne Espdrance] Monday night, for our benefit, the natives performed a Labrador, or rather Newfoundland dance, at one of the native cabins near by. A crowd of about thirty assembled and danced till nearly morning. Their main object seemed to be to "start the sweat, and see who...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59811 2023-12-31T10:12:52+01:00 Labrador dance image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59811 eng eng N 1884 STEARNS Labrador 293 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13446 N_13446_Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59811 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 Newfoundland [At Bonne Espdrance] Monday night, for our benefit, the natives performed a Labrador, or rather Newfoundland dance, at one of the native cabins near by. A crowd of about thirty assembled and danced till nearly morning. Their main object seemed to be to "start the sweat, and see who could make the most noise." It seemed as if the very house would come down over our heads as they hammered on the floor with their top-legged boots pounding with the full force of their powers . PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 2/75 JH 2/75 Used I and Sup Not used Used I quot is found under newfoundland dance Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Labrador dance
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Newfoundland [At Bonne Espdrance] Monday night, for our benefit, the natives performed a Labrador, or rather Newfoundland dance, at one of the native cabins near by. A crowd of about thirty assembled and danced till nearly morning. Their main object seemed to be to "start the sweat, and see who could make the most noise." It seemed as if the very house would come down over our heads as they hammered on the floor with their top-legged boots pounding with the full force of their powers . PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story 2/75 JH 2/75 Used I and Sup Not used Used I quot is found under newfoundland dance
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title Labrador dance
title_short Labrador dance
title_full Labrador dance
title_fullStr Labrador dance
title_full_unstemmed Labrador dance
title_sort labrador dance
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59811
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation N
1884 STEARNS Labrador 293
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13446
N_13446_Newfoundland
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