pot

pot n . . . Two boys would be chosen to pick sides. To see who would have the first choice we would throw up our cap. Before throwing up the cap we would ask 'Pot' or 'Brim'? One boy would then take Pot or Brim and depending on which he took the other boy would of course have to...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66624
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/66624 2023-12-31T10:19:33+01:00 pot image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66624 eng eng P Claude Bishop, 69-2/34 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14053 P_14053_pot n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66624 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z pot n . . . Two boys would be chosen to pick sides. To see who would have the first choice we would throw up our cap. Before throwing up the cap we would ask 'Pot' or 'Brim'? One boy would then take Pot or Brim and depending on which he took the other boy would of course have to take the other. The cap was then thrown in the air. If the cap came down bottom up it would be 'Pot' and the boy who said Pot would have the first pick of the players. If it came down top up then the boy who said 'brim' would have first choice. If the cap came down on its side it was 'snigs' and the cap had to be thrown up again. Whatever game we played we always decided who hid, first in hide and seek etc. by "Pot or Brom'. This way of choosing has been practiced in the community for decades. It probably started because of the lack of coins to flip up and decide 'heads or tails'. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
pot
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description pot n . . . Two boys would be chosen to pick sides. To see who would have the first choice we would throw up our cap. Before throwing up the cap we would ask 'Pot' or 'Brim'? One boy would then take Pot or Brim and depending on which he took the other boy would of course have to take the other. The cap was then thrown in the air. If the cap came down bottom up it would be 'Pot' and the boy who said Pot would have the first pick of the players. If it came down top up then the boy who said 'brim' would have first choice. If the cap came down on its side it was 'snigs' and the cap had to be thrown up again. Whatever game we played we always decided who hid, first in hide and seek etc. by "Pot or Brom'. This way of choosing has been practiced in the community for decades. It probably started because of the lack of coins to flip up and decide 'heads or tails'. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I
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title pot
title_short pot
title_full pot
title_fullStr pot
title_full_unstemmed pot
title_sort pot
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66624
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
Claude Bishop, 69-2/34 Wesleyville
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14053
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