_Road_

rode n _Road_. A common saying among fishermen at Richard's Harbour in the spring was "putting out their roads." This meant that they were going to put out a line , on the fishing grounds , which they they could use as places to tie their boat to when fishing with hook [reverse] and l...

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Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/71767 2023-12-31T10:18:12+01:00 _Road_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71767 eng eng R 156 68- 20 Chesley Skinner ENG. 340 Port Aux Basques Memory Richard's Hr. Richard's Hr. Memory 1954-1961 Oct. 9, 1967 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14312 R_14312_rode n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71767 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 rode n _Road_. A common saying among fishermen at Richard's Harbour in the spring was "putting out their roads." This meant that they were going to put out a line , on the fishing grounds , which they they could use as places to tie their boat to when fishing with hook [reverse] and line ( hand line) or jigger . The roads were tied to a peg on the shore and carried of for about five hundred feet and anchored with a killeck, with a number of bouys attacked to the road as well as small killicks and anchors . This "road" is the main line which the fisherman can tie is boat to . ANCHOR ROAD BOUY ANCHOR DICT CEN. [illustration -over] OCT 10 1967 Used I and Sup Used I Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at R_14313 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description rode n _Road_. A common saying among fishermen at Richard's Harbour in the spring was "putting out their roads." This meant that they were going to put out a line , on the fishing grounds , which they they could use as places to tie their boat to when fishing with hook [reverse] and line ( hand line) or jigger . The roads were tied to a peg on the shore and carried of for about five hundred feet and anchored with a killeck, with a number of bouys attacked to the road as well as small killicks and anchors . This "road" is the main line which the fisherman can tie is boat to . ANCHOR ROAD BOUY ANCHOR DICT CEN. [illustration -over] OCT 10 1967 Used I and Sup Used I Not used NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at R_14313
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title _Road_
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title_full _Road_
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title_full_unstemmed _Road_
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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156 68- 20
Chesley Skinner ENG. 340 Port Aux Basques Memory Richard's Hr. Richard's Hr. Memory 1954-1961 Oct. 9, 1967
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14312
R_14312_rode n
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