_potatoes_

pratie n In the spring when the potato (tatie) ground was prepared we used to put down two pegs in the ground and tie a line between 'em. Den we took the prong and drawed it down over the line from one peg to the other. We always used a two prong rake. We made the trenches tree feet apart. We u...

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Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/63331 2023-12-31T10:18:22+01:00 _potatoes_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63331 eng eng P 33 71 -105 Mabel Kean 42 S.A. Ivanhoe 1900 -- July 13, 1971 Noah Webster brother-in-law Millwright 50 Pope's Hr. Corner Brook C.E. as a boy, at home, his parents, farmer-fisherman mother 83 F. C.E. (retired) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14252 P_14252_pratie n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63331 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 pratie n In the spring when the potato (tatie) ground was prepared we used to put down two pegs in the ground and tie a line between 'em. Den we took the prong and drawed it down over the line from one peg to the other. We always used a two prong rake. We made the trenches tree feet apart. We used to dig up every second trench and leave the other ones rounded up. Dis was allyin' up the ground. We put the potatoes (tatees) in the ones we dug up. When the tatees came up through (trew) the ground we used to put _capeln_ (caplin) on for fertilizer and den we used to take the mud from the rounded trenches to cover the capelin over. Dis was called healin' the ground. Yes DICT CEN. JW _Ally up_: _Heal up_: potatoes (tatees) Used I Not used Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_potatoes_
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description pratie n In the spring when the potato (tatie) ground was prepared we used to put down two pegs in the ground and tie a line between 'em. Den we took the prong and drawed it down over the line from one peg to the other. We always used a two prong rake. We made the trenches tree feet apart. We used to dig up every second trench and leave the other ones rounded up. Dis was allyin' up the ground. We put the potatoes (tatees) in the ones we dug up. When the tatees came up through (trew) the ground we used to put _capeln_ (caplin) on for fertilizer and den we used to take the mud from the rounded trenches to cover the capelin over. Dis was called healin' the ground. Yes DICT CEN. JW _Ally up_: _Heal up_: potatoes (tatees) Used I Not used Not used Newfoundland Folklore Survey Card
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title _potatoes_
title_short _potatoes_
title_full _potatoes_
title_fullStr _potatoes_
title_full_unstemmed _potatoes_
title_sort _potatoes_
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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 P
33 71 -105
Mabel Kean 42 S.A. Ivanhoe 1900 -- July 13, 1971 Noah Webster brother-in-law Millwright 50 Pope's Hr. Corner Brook C.E. as a boy, at home, his parents, farmer-fisherman mother 83 F. C.E. (retired)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14252
P_14252_pratie n
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