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nar If you walk down the ladder of the schooner's forecastle forwards you won't get _nar_ fish. You got t' 'slew' round and go down ass formos'. This is related to beliefs about fishing, and was used as a warning of bad luck, and fishermen took no chances of bad luck. (...

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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/60434 2023-12-31T10:16:20+01:00 _nar_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60434 eng eng N 24 71 -105 Mabel Kean 42 S.A. Ivanhoe July 6-71 Abe Kean husband construction Contractor 43 - Hermit Cove St.John's S.A. as a child-father, Labrador fishermen 80 M S.A. fishing captain, References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13004 N_13004_nar http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60434 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 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z nar If you walk down the ladder of the schooner's forecastle forwards you won't get _nar_ fish. You got t' 'slew' round and go down ass formos'. This is related to beliefs about fishing, and was used as a warning of bad luck, and fishermen took no chances of bad luck. (nar means no;slew means to turn around; ass foremos' is with the face toward the ladder.) Informant accepted this without question while fishing with his father during his youth, but questions the logic of it now. Yes DNE-cit DICT CEN. JW Used I Used I Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey card Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
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topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description nar If you walk down the ladder of the schooner's forecastle forwards you won't get _nar_ fish. You got t' 'slew' round and go down ass formos'. This is related to beliefs about fishing, and was used as a warning of bad luck, and fishermen took no chances of bad luck. (nar means no;slew means to turn around; ass foremos' is with the face toward the ladder.) Informant accepted this without question while fishing with his father during his youth, but questions the logic of it now. Yes DNE-cit DICT CEN. JW Used I Used I Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey card
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url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60434
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
24 71 -105
Mabel Kean 42 S.A. Ivanhoe July 6-71 Abe Kean husband construction Contractor 43 - Hermit Cove St.John's S.A. as a child-father, Labrador fishermen 80 M S.A. fishing captain,
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13004
N_13004_nar
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