riddle fence; riddle-rod "
riddle n page. There are those made with long, rough poles, or longers, fastened to stakes driven into the ground. There must be hundreds of miles of paling fences and these are considerably more formal than the heavy-looking 'longer' type. A rare style today is the '_riddle-rod_'...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/70599 2023-12-31T10:19:32+01:00 riddle fence; riddle-rod " image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70599 eng eng R Daily News Magazine, 15 May, 1971, 9. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13731 R_13731_riddle n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70599 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z riddle n page. There are those made with long, rough poles, or longers, fastened to stakes driven into the ground. There must be hundreds of miles of paling fences and these are considerably more formal than the heavy-looking 'longer' type. A rare style today is the '_riddle-rod_' or simply 'riddle' fence. The _riddle fence_ was commonly used years ago beacuse there was no need for nails. Pickets, slim enough to be springy were merely woven onto three main bars. The main bars were sometimes nailed to the posts but these too could be woven onto upright posts or inserted in notched. Quite often fences make The riddle fence was made by weaving slender sticks onto three main bars. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUN 1971 JH JUN 1971 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I [see "wriggle-rod] etc. The last two lines (caption to the picture on the card) plus line 13 to the period in line 19, are the only parts of the quotation that appear in the dictionary. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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riddle n page. There are those made with long, rough poles, or longers, fastened to stakes driven into the ground. There must be hundreds of miles of paling fences and these are considerably more formal than the heavy-looking 'longer' type. A rare style today is the '_riddle-rod_' or simply 'riddle' fence. The _riddle fence_ was commonly used years ago beacuse there was no need for nails. Pickets, slim enough to be springy were merely woven onto three main bars. The main bars were sometimes nailed to the posts but these too could be woven onto upright posts or inserted in notched. Quite often fences make The riddle fence was made by weaving slender sticks onto three main bars. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JUN 1971 JH JUN 1971 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I [see "wriggle-rod] etc. The last two lines (caption to the picture on the card) plus line 13 to the period in line 19, are the only parts of the quotation that appear in the dictionary. |
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