rucklin hoops
ruckle v _Rucklin Hoops_ - The most important thing in rucklin hoops was to find a stiff piece of wire; this was very rare and if you were lucky enough to [over] [reverse] find a piece, the boys came from all around just to see how good of a brake you would make for your hoop especially if you had e...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69171 2023-12-31T10:19:32+01:00 rucklin hoops image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69171 eng eng R Joan Lane, 71-21/20 Upper Island Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14924 R_14924_ruckle v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69171 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z ruckle v _Rucklin Hoops_ - The most important thing in rucklin hoops was to find a stiff piece of wire; this was very rare and if you were lucky enough to [over] [reverse] find a piece, the boys came from all around just to see how good of a brake you would make for your hoop especially if you had enough wire life over to buckle it down to make a handle. Of course if you had a good piece of wire like this you had to find a good galvanized hoop and nine choices out of ten, you'd have to swipe this off somebody's water barrel because every cast hoop was collected by a man coming around to buy hoops - he paid a penny for each hoop." This gadget filled any owner with delight . They would roll this along the road and use the brake to stop it. Brake stiff wire handle galvanized hoop DNE-cit JH FEB 1972 Used I Used I Used I [see 'ruckle the hoops', also 'ruckler', 'ruckle', Reverse of card at R_14925 Only the first line and a half, with the addition of "[as a brake]" at the end, appears in the dictionary Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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ruckle v _Rucklin Hoops_ - The most important thing in rucklin hoops was to find a stiff piece of wire; this was very rare and if you were lucky enough to [over] [reverse] find a piece, the boys came from all around just to see how good of a brake you would make for your hoop especially if you had enough wire life over to buckle it down to make a handle. Of course if you had a good piece of wire like this you had to find a good galvanized hoop and nine choices out of ten, you'd have to swipe this off somebody's water barrel because every cast hoop was collected by a man coming around to buy hoops - he paid a penny for each hoop." This gadget filled any owner with delight . They would roll this along the road and use the brake to stop it. Brake stiff wire handle galvanized hoop DNE-cit JH FEB 1972 Used I Used I Used I [see 'ruckle the hoops', also 'ruckler', 'ruckle', Reverse of card at R_14925 Only the first line and a half, with the addition of "[as a brake]" at the end, appears in the dictionary |
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R Joan Lane, 71-21/20 Upper Island Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14924 R_14924_ruckle v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69171 |
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