water horse

water-horse n It is said that a free circulation of air is of great service to the fish whilst drying; hence-high flakes are preferable to low ones. When _green_ fish is put to dry on a beach, great care is requisite that the _water horse_ (a singular name for the bulk of fish after washing) be spre...

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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/73142
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73142 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 water horse 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73142 eng eng W 1810 (1971) ANSPACH Duckworth's Nfld. 23 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14446 W_14446_water v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73142 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z water-horse n It is said that a free circulation of air is of great service to the fish whilst drying; hence-high flakes are preferable to low ones. When _green_ fish is put to dry on a beach, great care is requisite that the _water horse_ (a singular name for the bulk of fish after washing) be spread before the sun has heated the stones; otherwise, the heat of the stone will burn the back of the fish. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cite DNE-cit DNE-cit G.M.Story APR 1971 JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Not used Not used waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss 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
water horse
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water-horse n It is said that a free circulation of air is of great service to the fish whilst drying; hence-high flakes are preferable to low ones. When _green_ fish is put to dry on a beach, great care is requisite that the _water horse_ (a singular name for the bulk of fish after washing) be spread before the sun has heated the stones; otherwise, the heat of the stone will burn the back of the fish. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cite DNE-cit DNE-cit G.M.Story APR 1971 JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Not used 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 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73142
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
1810 (1971) ANSPACH Duckworth's Nfld. 23
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14446
W_14446_water v
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