wriggle-rod fences

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71508

riddle n I was always intrigued by the kind of fences [my granfather] and the other men used to enclose the gardens. They were called "wriggle-rod" fences, and were constructed almost entirely without nails. Three rails were fastened between the posts and saplings usually spruce for toughness, called wriggle rods were twisted alternately between the rails hence the name "wriggle rod". They were very durable and lasted for years. _R_ DNE-cit JH AUG 1970 'paling fence 'longer fence' 'ridlen' Used I and Sup Used I Used I [see 'layers'] 'wave'fences, 'boarden fence 'layer fence', 'riddling fence', riddle-fence, 'riggle fence', 'ringle-fence', 'ringle-rod fence', 'garden-rod fence', 'riddled', 'ring fence', 'snake fence' (?), 'herring-bone fence' (?) The first sentence and the last two lines of the quote are omitted from the dictionary