rattles

rattle 1 n As long as there was new ice, the people hunted seals either at their breathing-holes or at rattles, the local name for areas of water kept open by currents (Taylor, 1974, p.22). There are many such areas near the former winter settlements on the islands around Nain and in Hamilton Inlet...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Nain
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/71711 2023-12-31T10:09:21+01:00 rattles image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71711 eng eng R 1977 _Inuit Land Use_ 52 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13435 R_13435_rattle 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71711 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z rattle 1 n As long as there was new ice, the people hunted seals either at their breathing-holes or at rattles, the local name for areas of water kept open by currents (Taylor, 1974, p.22). There are many such areas near the former winter settlements on the islands around Nain and in Hamilton Inlet (Fitzhugh, 1972,p.82-85) . . . Sealing productivity declines as the ice thickened and snow covered the breathing-holes, and as the rattles became fewer and smaller Hunters had to go farther and farther into (over) [reverse] the outer coastal zone to seek areas of new ice. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story SEP 1979 JH SEP 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I Reverse of card at R_13436 Manuscript Nain 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
rattles
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description rattle 1 n As long as there was new ice, the people hunted seals either at their breathing-holes or at rattles, the local name for areas of water kept open by currents (Taylor, 1974, p.22). There are many such areas near the former winter settlements on the islands around Nain and in Hamilton Inlet (Fitzhugh, 1972,p.82-85) . . . Sealing productivity declines as the ice thickened and snow covered the breathing-holes, and as the rattles became fewer and smaller Hunters had to go farther and farther into (over) [reverse] the outer coastal zone to seek areas of new ice. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story SEP 1979 JH SEP 1979 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I Reverse of card at R_13436
format Manuscript
title rattles
title_short rattles
title_full rattles
title_fullStr rattles
title_full_unstemmed rattles
title_sort rattles
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71711
genre Nain
Newfoundland
genre_facet Nain
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation R
1977 _Inuit Land Use_ 52
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13435
R_13435_rattle 1 n
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