yallow a / yallow-belly

yellow a [The custom of rum three times a day] is to the present day continued on some of the old English and Jersey houses. Every 'hand,' boy or man, had his brown jug, with a yellow stripe around the middle, called a 'yallow-belly,' and when the time for the 'mornin',...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68049
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Summary:yellow a [The custom of rum three times a day] is to the present day continued on some of the old English and Jersey houses. Every 'hand,' boy or man, had his brown jug, with a yellow stripe around the middle, called a 'yallow-belly,' and when the time for the 'mornin',' 'the eleven o'clocker,' and the 'evenin',' arrived he approached the rum-puncheon, and, drawing the spile, filled his 'yallow-belly.' APR 25 1988 W.K G.M.Story PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used Sup yellow, ~ -belly, ~hammer, ~jacket, ~mores, ~snakeroot