Night Cart

night Used to collect human excreta from houses which had no indoor plumbing. The original, which was in used till 1950, was a two wheeled horse-drawn vehicle and always had a lighted torch on it. See sketch. This "garbage" collection always took place after midnight. The new vehicle was a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60886
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/60886 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 Night Cart image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60886 eng eng N G. E. Higgins, 66-8, Folder 1, 96Ms St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14379 N_14379_night http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60886 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z night Used to collect human excreta from houses which had no indoor plumbing. The original, which was in used till 1950, was a two wheeled horse-drawn vehicle and always had a lighted torch on it. See sketch. This "garbage" collection always took place after midnight. The new vehicle was a covered-in container placed on the back of a pickup truck. [see other side] [reverse] This is a sketch of the "night-cart" used for collecting human excreta in St. John's, Nfld. JH 6/72 Used I Not used Withdrawn two sided card, second side is N_14380 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Night Cart
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description night Used to collect human excreta from houses which had no indoor plumbing. The original, which was in used till 1950, was a two wheeled horse-drawn vehicle and always had a lighted torch on it. See sketch. This "garbage" collection always took place after midnight. The new vehicle was a covered-in container placed on the back of a pickup truck. [see other side] [reverse] This is a sketch of the "night-cart" used for collecting human excreta in St. John's, Nfld. JH 6/72 Used I Not used Withdrawn two sided card, second side is N_14380
format Manuscript
title Night Cart
title_short Night Cart
title_full Night Cart
title_fullStr Night Cart
title_full_unstemmed Night Cart
title_sort night cart
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60886
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
G. E. Higgins, 66-8, Folder 1, 96Ms
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14379
N_14379_night
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