nicknames

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60527

nicknames jowler Judy October gailer Old Stagers snas /snaz (old maid) stage-head clerk white nose alder-grabber ash cat croaker wood butchers ( Billygale, a Newfoundlander Ramea - Puffins Cap e La Hune - Shags Elliston "kegs" Bonavist bucks (Heart's Delight "bright buttons" (Heart's Content "beaus" (Perlican "cockies" (Scilly Cove "crows" _Irish Factions_ Whey Bellies - Waterford [from their Watchword] Clear Airs - Tipperary " " " Yallow or Yellow Bellies - Wexford [from colours worn] Doons - Kilkenny Dadyeens - Cork Durnauns - also Tipperary Maberly "hawks" Catalina Rams Gooseberry Cove 'Mighty Pens' (nearLittle Heart Ease) Rantem H [OVER] country-born grey bunch, the Crossing rats - Stephenville Xing Sandscratchers - Sandy Point Not used Not used Not used two sided card, first side is N_13629