nunny bags

nunny-bag The elongated, crossbarred object object on the left is labelled "Bochmoot, or Seal skin Sledge full." It represents the entire skin of a seal, and the crossbars are an internal framework of wooden rods which made the skin hold its shape. Shananditti did not indicate what the Boc...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60975
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/60975 2023-12-31T10:18:23+01:00 nunny bags image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60975 eng eng N 1975 WINTER Shananditti 12 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14096 N_14096_nunny-bag http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60975 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z nunny-bag The elongated, crossbarred object object on the left is labelled "Bochmoot, or Seal skin Sledge full." It represents the entire skin of a seal, and the crossbars are an internal framework of wooden rods which made the skin hold its shape. Shananditti did not indicate what the Bochmoot was filled with. Seal skin sledges were also used by the European fishermen living in Newfoundland. They called them "nunny bags." When pulled in the direction of the hair's growth, they slid with great east over the snow and ice. PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 76 (With great care: book is by an ill-informed author; but food-bags made of seal-skin were not improbable NE coast artifacts, and very large ones may well have been hauled over the snow and ice by sealers). -- a kind of sledge, I suppose -- Used I and Sup Used I Not used 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
nunny bags
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description nunny-bag The elongated, crossbarred object object on the left is labelled "Bochmoot, or Seal skin Sledge full." It represents the entire skin of a seal, and the crossbars are an internal framework of wooden rods which made the skin hold its shape. Shananditti did not indicate what the Bochmoot was filled with. Seal skin sledges were also used by the European fishermen living in Newfoundland. They called them "nunny bags." When pulled in the direction of the hair's growth, they slid with great east over the snow and ice. PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 76 (With great care: book is by an ill-informed author; but food-bags made of seal-skin were not improbable NE coast artifacts, and very large ones may well have been hauled over the snow and ice by sealers). -- a kind of sledge, I suppose -- Used I and Sup Used I Not used
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title nunny bags
title_short nunny bags
title_full nunny bags
title_fullStr nunny bags
title_full_unstemmed nunny bags
title_sort nunny bags
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60975
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
1975 WINTER Shananditti 12
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14096
N_14096_nunny-bag
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