bounty

bounty n My friends and I had a very popular game call ed "pitching coppers", this was played when we were older as opposed to the younger children (with less money) who "pitched buttons". A hole was dug in the ground and a place chosen about 10 feet from it called a "bounty...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7301
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/7301 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 bounty 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7301 eng eng B John Eric Adams 67-1/12 Upper Island Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 5053 B_5053_bounty n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7301 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z bounty n My friends and I had a very popular game call ed "pitching coppers", this was played when we were older as opposed to the younger children (with less money) who "pitched buttons". A hole was dug in the ground and a place chosen about 10 feet from it called a "bounty". We took turns "pitching" and "nicking" the coppers with our thumb. Any that was "pitched" or "nicked"in the hole was ours. See cited quotation. JH APR 1971 Used I Used I Used I [see 'mot'] 'dod' 'pitching buttons,'etc. Source appears in DNE I as C 67-1 Manuscript 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
bounty
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description bounty n My friends and I had a very popular game call ed "pitching coppers", this was played when we were older as opposed to the younger children (with less money) who "pitched buttons". A hole was dug in the ground and a place chosen about 10 feet from it called a "bounty". We took turns "pitching" and "nicking" the coppers with our thumb. Any that was "pitched" or "nicked"in the hole was ours. See cited quotation. JH APR 1971 Used I Used I Used I [see 'mot'] 'dod' 'pitching buttons,'etc. Source appears in DNE I as C 67-1
format Manuscript
title bounty
title_short bounty
title_full bounty
title_fullStr bounty
title_full_unstemmed bounty
title_sort bounty
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7301
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 B
John Eric Adams 67-1/12
Upper Island Cove
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
5053
B_5053_bounty n
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