_nag n_

nag The target in child's game of "pitching buttons.' A stick, about the size of a lead pencil, called a nag, was stuck into the ground and a hole was scuffed with your boot about 12 or 14 feet away from the nag. The object of the game was to pitch a button from the hole in the ground...

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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/62148
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/62148 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 _nag n_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62148 eng eng N C 70-15 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14147 N_14147_nag http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62148 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 nag The target in child's game of "pitching buttons.' A stick, about the size of a lead pencil, called a nag, was stuck into the ground and a hole was scuffed with your boot about 12 or 14 feet away from the nag. The object of the game was to pitch a button from the hole in the ground so that the button touched the nag. The target in child's game of "pitching buttons.' 2/79 Withdraw now code a - perhaps Nfld _mag_. SEP 22 1981 WK RH GMS [-]M Hopkins[-] Used I Used I Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
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description nag The target in child's game of "pitching buttons.' A stick, about the size of a lead pencil, called a nag, was stuck into the ground and a hole was scuffed with your boot about 12 or 14 feet away from the nag. The object of the game was to pitch a button from the hole in the ground so that the button touched the nag. The target in child's game of "pitching buttons.' 2/79 Withdraw now code a - perhaps Nfld _mag_. SEP 22 1981 WK RH GMS [-]M Hopkins[-] Used I Used I Withdrawn
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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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C 70-15
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14147
N_14147_nag
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