_nitches_

nitch METHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyone bringing boughs in to Ashburn's or Earle's [merchants] would count them by "_NITCHES_" [PT] and there was a rhyme which indicated how many groups of two made up a "nitch...

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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/62141 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 _nitches_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62141 eng eng N 117 67-22 J.D.A.Widdowson English 540 31 (Sheffield U.K) H.T.Renouf M.U.N. Registrar. 50s. St.John's St.John's Jan 18 1967 Jan 19 1967 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13277 N_13277_nitch http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62141 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z nitch METHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyone bringing boughs in to Ashburn's or Earle's [merchants] would count them by "_NITCHES_" [PT] and there was a rhyme which indicated how many groups of two made up a "nitch." [I was unable to note down the rhyme but-it went something like: 'TWO, and another two and two more . . . makes a "nitch". The elements were counted in groups of two, and four or five (?) of these dual elements made up a "nitch."] METHOD OF TALLYING. DICT CEN. JAN 1 9 1967 JAN 1 9 1967 138 Used I Not used Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card;2-sided card, 1st side is N_13276 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
_nitches_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description nitch METHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyone bringing boughs in to Ashburn's or Earle's [merchants] would count them by "_NITCHES_" [PT] and there was a rhyme which indicated how many groups of two made up a "nitch." [I was unable to note down the rhyme but-it went something like: 'TWO, and another two and two more . . . makes a "nitch". The elements were counted in groups of two, and four or five (?) of these dual elements made up a "nitch."] METHOD OF TALLYING. DICT CEN. JAN 1 9 1967 JAN 1 9 1967 138 Used I Not used Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card;2-sided card, 1st side is N_13276
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title_full_unstemmed _nitches_
title_sort _nitches_
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62141
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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117 67-22
J.D.A.Widdowson English 540 31 (Sheffield U.K) H.T.Renouf M.U.N. Registrar. 50s. St.John's St.John's Jan 18 1967 Jan 19 1967
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13277
N_13277_nitch
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