puffing pig

puffing-pig n The porpoise being somewhat "snouted", inclined to grunt and somewhat porcine in shape, is more often a "pig" or "hog" than a "hound". Two terms common to Grands Banks fishermen for the Common or Harbour Porpoise, are _puffing pig_ and _herring h...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Harbour porpoise
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/63921 2023-12-31T10:07:39+01:00 puffing pig image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63921 eng eng P 1972 CRATE Suggested Origins (unpub.) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14097 P_14097_puffing-pig n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63921 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z puffing-pig n The porpoise being somewhat "snouted", inclined to grunt and somewhat porcine in shape, is more often a "pig" or "hog" than a "hound". Two terms common to Grands Banks fishermen for the Common or Harbour Porpoise, are _puffing pig_ and _herring hog_, both alliterative, though one is derived from the animal's snuffling sound, the other from its voracious onslaught on the herring shoals. _Porpoise_ derives from OE _porepisce_ and _porpesse_, "swine fish". The older French name is _pore poisson_, "pig fish" (akin to obe. kng. _sea-hog_); the more modern French usage is _marsouin_, "sea-swine". In Gaelic and at least some Irish dialects, the Beaked Porpoise, sometimes varieties of the dolphin as well. are _muc-bhiorach_, "beaked pig", while another variety is _muc-stellain_, "splashing pig", otherwise _puthag_, a word which also means puff of wind, and may be behind _puffing pig_. W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Used I Used I Not used Manuscript Harbour porpoise 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
puffing pig
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description puffing-pig n The porpoise being somewhat "snouted", inclined to grunt and somewhat porcine in shape, is more often a "pig" or "hog" than a "hound". Two terms common to Grands Banks fishermen for the Common or Harbour Porpoise, are _puffing pig_ and _herring hog_, both alliterative, though one is derived from the animal's snuffling sound, the other from its voracious onslaught on the herring shoals. _Porpoise_ derives from OE _porepisce_ and _porpesse_, "swine fish". The older French name is _pore poisson_, "pig fish" (akin to obe. kng. _sea-hog_); the more modern French usage is _marsouin_, "sea-swine". In Gaelic and at least some Irish dialects, the Beaked Porpoise, sometimes varieties of the dolphin as well. are _muc-bhiorach_, "beaked pig", while another variety is _muc-stellain_, "splashing pig", otherwise _puthag_, a word which also means puff of wind, and may be behind _puffing pig_. W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 Used I Used I Not used
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title puffing pig
title_short puffing pig
title_full puffing pig
title_fullStr puffing pig
title_full_unstemmed puffing pig
title_sort puffing pig
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63921
genre Harbour porpoise
Newfoundland
genre_facet Harbour porpoise
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation P
1972 CRATE Suggested Origins (unpub.)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14097
P_14097_puffing-pig n
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