Tower Rock

rock n In First Spring on the Grand Banks, John and Meg have an adventure which starts when Canso's father dies and his schooner is seized for debts. The trio escapes with the vessel to Tower Rock, a Newfoundland outport, where a friend offers to help Canso earn the money to pay off the debts....

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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/70458
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/70458 2023-12-31T10:12:52+01:00 Tower Rock image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70458 eng eng R Newspaper clipping References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14177 R_14177_rock n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70458 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z rock n In First Spring on the Grand Banks, John and Meg have an adventure which starts when Canso's father dies and his schooner is seized for debts. The trio escapes with the vessel to Tower Rock, a Newfoundland outport, where a friend offers to help Canso earn the money to pay off the debts. Some of the words Freeman uses are not common to Newfoundland, for example "outporters". The ex- pression should be outharbour men and women. Freeman encourages the notion that Newfoundland merchants kept the fishermen in poverty from which there was never an escape. I would argue that Used I and Sup Not used Not used "Rock" (line 5 of quotation) is circled on the clipping Manuscript Newfoundland 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
Tower Rock
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description rock n In First Spring on the Grand Banks, John and Meg have an adventure which starts when Canso's father dies and his schooner is seized for debts. The trio escapes with the vessel to Tower Rock, a Newfoundland outport, where a friend offers to help Canso earn the money to pay off the debts. Some of the words Freeman uses are not common to Newfoundland, for example "outporters". The ex- pression should be outharbour men and women. Freeman encourages the notion that Newfoundland merchants kept the fishermen in poverty from which there was never an escape. I would argue that Used I and Sup Not used Not used "Rock" (line 5 of quotation) is circled on the clipping
format Manuscript
title Tower Rock
title_short Tower Rock
title_full Tower Rock
title_fullStr Tower Rock
title_full_unstemmed Tower Rock
title_sort tower rock
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70458
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
Newspaper clipping
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14177
R_14177_rock n
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