yokes

yoke n The fences are maintained to keep vagrant goats and sheep-- the sheep marked with red paint to identify them as So-and-so's property-- from ravaging the meagre gardens. These animals often wear yokes; so too, the hens. A yoke on a hen is something of a novelty. At first I could not under...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67612
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/67612 2023-12-31T10:19:11+01:00 yokes 1977/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67612 eng eng Y 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 263 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13161 Y_13161_yoke n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67612 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z yoke n The fences are maintained to keep vagrant goats and sheep-- the sheep marked with red paint to identify them as So-and-so's property-- from ravaging the meagre gardens. These animals often wear yokes; so too, the hens. A yoke on a hen is something of a novelty. At first I could not understand why so many of the domestic fowl had sticks lashed horizontally under their wings. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. Kirwin 2/77 JH 2/77 Used I Used I 2 Used I SPANCEL Manuscript 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
yokes
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description yoke n The fences are maintained to keep vagrant goats and sheep-- the sheep marked with red paint to identify them as So-and-so's property-- from ravaging the meagre gardens. These animals often wear yokes; so too, the hens. A yoke on a hen is something of a novelty. At first I could not understand why so many of the domestic fowl had sticks lashed horizontally under their wings. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. Kirwin 2/77 JH 2/77 Used I Used I 2 Used I SPANCEL
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title yokes
title_short yokes
title_full yokes
title_fullStr yokes
title_full_unstemmed yokes
title_sort yokes
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67612
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 Y
1924 ENGLAND Vikings 263
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13161
Y_13161_yoke n
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