railway sport

railway sport The term "railway sport" needs elucidation. Twice a year the caribou in Newfoundland migrate; in the spring they move from south to north, and in the autumn travel back from the north to their winter feeding-grounds. It happens that the railroad from St. John's to Port-a...

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Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69760 2023-12-31T10:17:41+01:00 railway sport image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69760 eng eng R 1910 PRICHARD Hunting Camps 83 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15249 R_15249_railway sport http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69760 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 railway sport The term "railway sport" needs elucidation. Twice a year the caribou in Newfoundland migrate; in the spring they move from south to north, and in the autumn travel back from the north to their winter feeding-grounds. It happens that the railroad from St. John's to Port-aux-Basques intersects a main route of migration, and immense numbers of deer cross the line, the bulk of them reaching it near a station called Howley. This is the spot haunted during the earlier part of the shooting season by the "railway sports," for it is often possble to shoot the three stags allowed by law without walking out of sight of the metals. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
railway sport
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description railway sport The term "railway sport" needs elucidation. Twice a year the caribou in Newfoundland migrate; in the spring they move from south to north, and in the autumn travel back from the north to their winter feeding-grounds. It happens that the railroad from St. John's to Port-aux-Basques intersects a main route of migration, and immense numbers of deer cross the line, the bulk of them reaching it near a station called Howley. This is the spot haunted during the earlier part of the shooting season by the "railway sports," for it is often possble to shoot the three stags allowed by law without walking out of sight of the metals. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn
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title railway sport
title_short railway sport
title_full railway sport
title_fullStr railway sport
title_full_unstemmed railway sport
title_sort railway sport
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69760
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1910 PRICHARD Hunting Camps 83
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15249
R_15249_railway sport
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