poker man

poker2 n The following are a list of "Johnny Pokers" or "Jolly Pokers" sung when men are hauling boats at Port-de-Grave. The custom was always and a fun times now for to get a 'poker man' to sing the pokers and he used to sit in the boat and be hauled along in the meant...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65679 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 poker man image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65679 eng eng P 151 66-10 Wm Henry Lear Soc 433 Hibb's Cove, Port-de-Grave, C Bay, Oct 28, 1965 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13768 P_13768_poker2 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65679 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 poker2 n The following are a list of "Johnny Pokers" or "Jolly Pokers" sung when men are hauling boats at Port-de-Grave. The custom was always and a fun times now for to get a 'poker man' to sing the pokers and he used to sit in the boat and be hauled along in the meantime. This was before they had a hand winch or hoisting engine for hauling boats on the launch. Today they are mainly used for hauling boats from where the owner built them to the launchway. This is not so customary now either as tractors are employed to haul over the bigger boats and 45 ft longliners. [reverse] Two of the old ''poker men'' at Hibbs cove were Alfred Petten and William Henry Dowie. Both of them are now dead. They were both about 70 when they died. DNE-cit OCT 28 1965 No. 1 of series Used I and Sup Used I Used I Reverse side of P_13767. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description poker2 n The following are a list of "Johnny Pokers" or "Jolly Pokers" sung when men are hauling boats at Port-de-Grave. The custom was always and a fun times now for to get a 'poker man' to sing the pokers and he used to sit in the boat and be hauled along in the meantime. This was before they had a hand winch or hoisting engine for hauling boats on the launch. Today they are mainly used for hauling boats from where the owner built them to the launchway. This is not so customary now either as tractors are employed to haul over the bigger boats and 45 ft longliners. [reverse] Two of the old ''poker men'' at Hibbs cove were Alfred Petten and William Henry Dowie. Both of them are now dead. They were both about 70 when they died. DNE-cit OCT 28 1965 No. 1 of series Used I and Sup Used I Used I Reverse side of P_13767.
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title poker man
title_short poker man
title_full poker man
title_fullStr poker man
title_full_unstemmed poker man
title_sort poker man
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65679
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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151 66-10
Wm Henry Lear Soc 433 Hibb's Cove, Port-de-Grave, C Bay, Oct 28, 1965
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13768
P_13768_poker2 n
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