Water Horse

water-horse n When the fish were taken from these barrels, it was washed and put in a pile to drain. This pile of 'green' fish waiting in the stage to be spread was known as a 'Water Horse'. GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hos...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72431
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72431 2023-12-31T10:18:26+01:00 Water Horse 1973/09/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72431 eng eng W Hebbs, Rodger, MS 69-17, p.126 Elliston, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14500 W_14500_water-horse n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72431 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z water-horse n When the fish were taken from these barrels, it was washed and put in a pile to drain. This pile of 'green' fish waiting in the stage to be spread was known as a 'Water Horse'. GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Water Horse
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water-horse n When the fish were taken from these barrels, it was washed and put in a pile to drain. This pile of 'green' fish waiting in the stage to be spread was known as a 'Water Horse'. GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss
format Manuscript
title Water Horse
title_short Water Horse
title_full Water Horse
title_fullStr Water Horse
title_full_unstemmed Water Horse
title_sort water horse
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72431
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
Hebbs, Rodger, MS 69-17, p.126
Elliston, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14500
W_14500_water-horse n
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72431
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