Bloody decks
bloody a In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Harrison. were making a tour of the bay, accompanied by Mr. Addison, chaplain to Bishop Spencer. They were people of great refinement and culture. Mr Brown tells the story of how he took them over to see old Billy Rabbits; of course the "broke" sugar a...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/7280 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 Bloody decks 1976/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7280 eng eng B [1844] 1895 PROWSE History 451 n References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4390 B_4390_bloody a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7280 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z bloody a In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Harrison. were making a tour of the bay, accompanied by Mr. Addison, chaplain to Bishop Spencer. They were people of great refinement and culture. Mr Brown tells the story of how he took them over to see old Billy Rabbits; of course the "broke" sugar and the hot water and spirits were immediately produced, and a toast had to be proposed. "Bloody decks to en," said Billy, as he raised his glass. Addison was horrified. "Really, my dear sir, as a minister of religion, I could not drink to such a sanguinary wish as that." Mr. Brown had to explain it was a customary toast of success to the seal fishery, and homicide was not intended. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS July 76 SIC WK? Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I On sixth line of quote, 'en' is circled and 'SIC WK?' is written below it. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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bloody a In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Harrison. were making a tour of the bay, accompanied by Mr. Addison, chaplain to Bishop Spencer. They were people of great refinement and culture. Mr Brown tells the story of how he took them over to see old Billy Rabbits; of course the "broke" sugar and the hot water and spirits were immediately produced, and a toast had to be proposed. "Bloody decks to en," said Billy, as he raised his glass. Addison was horrified. "Really, my dear sir, as a minister of religion, I could not drink to such a sanguinary wish as that." Mr. Brown had to explain it was a customary toast of success to the seal fishery, and homicide was not intended. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS July 76 SIC WK? Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I On sixth line of quote, 'en' is circled and 'SIC WK?' is written below it. |
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