Pan-flags

pan n,v [The sealers] lace the sculps to their tow-ropes, and being all selected men, each one can drag five or six sculps in his tow to where the "Pan-flags" are set up in the ice to mark the gathering places. It is to these Flags that the ship will come to take the pelts on board; and sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66655
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Summary:pan n,v [The sealers] lace the sculps to their tow-ropes, and being all selected men, each one can drag five or six sculps in his tow to where the "Pan-flags" are set up in the ice to mark the gathering places. It is to these Flags that the ship will come to take the pelts on board; and she will come ploughing through the field to one after the other. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUL 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Used I pan, pans, pancakes, pan ice DNE has first half of quote only

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