rigging

rig v It was the old lady who dis- covered what was wrong. It seems she had forgotten to "rig" the lamp. Her husband, in his anxiety to keep the lamp burning, had applied the genge hook too vigorously and drawn the last inch of the "rigging" [i.e. the makeshift wick]. PRINTED ITE...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68797
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/68797 2023-12-31T10:18:46+01:00 rigging image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68797 eng eng R [c1875] 1977 Evening Telegram 14 Feb, p. 6 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13841 R_13841_rig v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68797 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z rig v It was the old lady who dis- covered what was wrong. It seems she had forgotten to "rig" the lamp. Her husband, in his anxiety to keep the lamp burning, had applied the genge hook too vigorously and drawn the last inch of the "rigging" [i.e. the makeshift wick]. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS FEB 77 Used I and Sup Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection 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
rigging
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description rig v It was the old lady who dis- covered what was wrong. It seems she had forgotten to "rig" the lamp. Her husband, in his anxiety to keep the lamp burning, had applied the genge hook too vigorously and drawn the last inch of the "rigging" [i.e. the makeshift wick]. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS FEB 77 Used I and Sup Used I Used I
format Manuscript
title rigging
title_short rigging
title_full rigging
title_fullStr rigging
title_full_unstemmed rigging
title_sort rigging
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68797
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 R
[c1875] 1977 Evening Telegram 14 Feb, p. 6
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13841
R_13841_rig v
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