youngsters
youngster n It was to buy these Irish woollens.pork, beef, butter, and to engage Irish servants, that the West Countrymen first touched [in the 17th c] at Waterford and Cork on their way out to Newfoundland, and thus commenced the Irish Newfoundland trade in "youngsters" and provisions. Th...
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1959
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67773 |
| Summary: | youngster n It was to buy these Irish woollens.pork, beef, butter, and to engage Irish servants, that the West Countrymen first touched [in the 17th c] at Waterford and Cork on their way out to Newfoundland, and thus commenced the Irish Newfoundland trade in "youngsters" and provisions. The first Irishmen in the Colony were these youngsters, shipped for two summers and a winter.In the or- dinary way a youngster in Newfoundland meant an unmarried servant. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story July 1959 Used I Used I Not used |
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