_quintal_

• 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/67902

quintal n I know one man.he was in the.Summer time whne there'd be no fish,when the fish would be scarce, they'd go rinin', that's rinin' birch-rine;you'd.your birch-rine was a dollar, a quintal. They'd buy it, you know, for those foreign ships takin' codfish for.I don't know what.dunnage, they'd call it, I suppose,lyin' under the fish,see,keep 'em from gettin damp. Dollar a quintal.And take their boat,they go in the bay,used to call it,go up here New Bay, and.But.this .this feller was in.by and by I heard a feller singin' out, talkin'. He said,"Where's he at? Where's he at?" And he.just had the bundle of rine on his back,you know, (And was ready for [INC]), but he dropped it! He left, rine and all! He took;to it, and got out as quick as he could! He never went back for the rine. "A"=HE? Verb J. WIDDOSON OCT 1977 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used [see 'rind', etc., 'birch raine'] 'cantal', 'kental', 'quintel', 'kantle', 'kintal(l)', 'kentalls','kentals', 'Quintal drum', '`fish drum', 'quintal faggot', '`drum', 'quintal of seals', 'quintals of bread' 'rind', ''birch rhine' Some of the hand written wrods on the card are faded to the point where they can't be read.