Newfoundland dance

Newfoundland [At Bonne Esperance] 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
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60977
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/60977 2023-12-31T10:12:15+01:00 Newfoundland dance image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60977 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 13484 N_13484_Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60977 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 Newfoundland [At Bonne Esperance] 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 Re-file FEB 1981 G.M. Story 2/75 JH 2/75 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
Newfoundland dance
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Newfoundland [At Bonne Esperance] 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 Re-file FEB 1981 G.M. Story 2/75 JH 2/75 Used I and Sup Used I Not used
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title Newfoundland dance
title_short Newfoundland dance
title_full Newfoundland dance
title_fullStr Newfoundland dance
title_full_unstemmed Newfoundland dance
title_sort newfoundland dance
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60977
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
13484
N_13484_Newfoundland
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