barrel chair

barrel had rockers on the bottom to make it a rocking chair The barrel was mode (cut) to form a chair A seat was put in 1/2 way down . . . This seat could be raised and people would put their Knitting or work in it. Often they were padded or decorated to make it attractive; it was always painted. Ap...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7036
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/7036 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 barrel chair xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7036 eng eng B Q 71 D; Betti Moore; 20; RC; Avondale [date of event:] - 1930; [today's date:] Feb. 3rd; [source's name:] Mary Moore; Mother; ex-teacher; 62; [home community:] Conception Hr (CB); [present community:] Avondale; [religion:] RC; [source learned this when? where?:] In her community - References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13102 B_13102_barrel http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7036 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z barrel had rockers on the bottom to make it a rocking chair The barrel was mode (cut) to form a chair A seat was put in 1/2 way down . . . This seat could be raised and people would put their Knitting or work in it. Often they were padded or decorated to make it attractive; it was always painted. Apparently there are no more of these around now, I have checked into a few possibilities but people remember throwing them away years ago. Back Sides Side Front Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used This is the reverse of B_2551. There is an illustration of a barrel chair on this card. 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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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
barrel chair
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description barrel had rockers on the bottom to make it a rocking chair The barrel was mode (cut) to form a chair A seat was put in 1/2 way down . . . This seat could be raised and people would put their Knitting or work in it. Often they were padded or decorated to make it attractive; it was always painted. Apparently there are no more of these around now, I have checked into a few possibilities but people remember throwing them away years ago. Back Sides Side Front Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used This is the reverse of B_2551. There is an illustration of a barrel chair on this card.
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title barrel chair
title_short barrel chair
title_full barrel chair
title_fullStr barrel chair
title_full_unstemmed barrel chair
title_sort barrel chair
publishDate
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7036
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 B
Q 71 D; Betti Moore; 20; RC; Avondale
[date of event:] - 1930; [today's date:] Feb. 3rd; [source's name:] Mary Moore; Mother; ex-teacher; 62; [home community:] Conception Hr (CB); [present community:] Avondale; [religion:] RC; [source learned this when? where?:] In her community -
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13102
B_13102_barrel
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