train, a

train 1 n . . . a big boy, if there was one, piled a load [of fire wood]on a train. He then draged it to the church and and packed it in the required place at the back. The "train" is a long sleigh locally built and was used mostly for country travel hitched to two dogs. . . . The "tr...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72557 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 train, a 1973/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72557 eng eng T Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/029 & 277 Head Bay d'Espoir p. 277- References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14969 T_14969_train 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72557 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 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z train 1 n . . . a big boy, if there was one, piled a load [of fire wood]on a train. He then draged it to the church and and packed it in the required place at the back. The "train" is a long sleigh locally built and was used mostly for country travel hitched to two dogs. . . . The "train" is a wooden sleigh strongly built and with "iron shoes" (steel bands) along the bottom of the runners. An average size train was about seven feet long, six or seven inches high and about two feet wide. (see other side for illus.] [reverse] Before the boards are [image] put on Holes <--- for tying <--- [image] the dogs to. DNE-cit JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Used I and Sup Used I [see also 'geared-in'] Reverse at T_14968. File name for reverse side is written upside down on top corner of card. 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
train, a
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description train 1 n . . . a big boy, if there was one, piled a load [of fire wood]on a train. He then draged it to the church and and packed it in the required place at the back. The "train" is a long sleigh locally built and was used mostly for country travel hitched to two dogs. . . . The "train" is a wooden sleigh strongly built and with "iron shoes" (steel bands) along the bottom of the runners. An average size train was about seven feet long, six or seven inches high and about two feet wide. (see other side for illus.] [reverse] Before the boards are [image] put on Holes <--- for tying <--- [image] the dogs to. DNE-cit JH JUN 1973 JH JUN 1973 Used I Used I and Sup Used I [see also 'geared-in'] Reverse at T_14968. File name for reverse side is written upside down on top corner of card.
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title train, a
title_short train, a
title_full train, a
title_fullStr train, a
title_full_unstemmed train, a
title_sort train, a
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72557
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 T
Edward Cokes, 69-6Ms/029 & 277
Head Bay d'Espoir p. 277-
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14969
T_14969_train 1 n
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