ringer

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70936

ringer n The wooden hoops [ ] used around casks overlapped about 10" - 18". It would be highly unlikely that they would ever be put on in a spiral. "Quiling" here refers to a specific procedure whereby hoops which have gone through a bending procedure called "breaking the hoop", on the "bendin horse", are quiled on a "ringer". The ringer is circular like the head of a barrel with pegs, usually 4, around the outside edges. The newly cut, split, and bent birch is quiled inside the pegs, where it assumes a circular shape. When twelve hoops are quiled they are removed and tied into a circular bundle. [-]breaking the hoop[-] DNE-cit Bob Hollett 2/78 JH 2/78 Used I Used I 1 Used I The used part of the quotation starts at "hoop" in the fourth line and runs to the end; "4" (line 7) is written out in the dictionary; the card was originally for "breaking the hoop" which has been crossed-out in the upper left-hand corner of the card.