riddles n

riddle n Where it will take sixty pickets for one length [of] the rail, one rail - a length we calls it - but one rail makes a length -that would be three posts - it would take a hundred and twenty riddles. Well now a picket would be anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and the r...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69463 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 riddles n image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69463 eng eng R James Harris T/C19 64-7 Tan R344 Coll.JW May 17-20 1964 St Joseph's PB References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13713 R_13713_riddle n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69463 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z riddle n Where it will take sixty pickets for one length [of] the rail, one rail - a length we calls it - but one rail makes a length -that would be three posts - it would take a hundred and twenty riddles. Well now a picket would be anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and the riddle would be about threequarters - anywhere from a half to threequarters of an inch; he ['d] be that much smaller. Yes DNE-cit J.WIDDOSON [-]=C30[-] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I [see 'wrigilens', etc.] The only part of the cited quotation used in the dictionary is: "One rail [with three posts] would take a hundred and twenty riddles" Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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riddles n
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description riddle n Where it will take sixty pickets for one length [of] the rail, one rail - a length we calls it - but one rail makes a length -that would be three posts - it would take a hundred and twenty riddles. Well now a picket would be anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and the riddle would be about threequarters - anywhere from a half to threequarters of an inch; he ['d] be that much smaller. Yes DNE-cit J.WIDDOSON [-]=C30[-] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I [see 'wrigilens', etc.] The only part of the cited quotation used in the dictionary is: "One rail [with three posts] would take a hundred and twenty riddles"
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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James Harris T/C19 64-7 Tan R344
Coll.JW May 17-20 1964 St Joseph's PB
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13713
R_13713_riddle n
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