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tan The tan was made by adding about 60 lbs. of cuts (i.E. bark which they brought in from St. John's. However, prior to about 1880 they used to use bark off the spruce tree), about 8 gallons of pine tar and the pot about half full of water. This would be boiled for about half an hour. The solu...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73319 2023-12-31T10:19:31+01:00 tan 1973/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73319 eng eng T Wilfred Wareham, 68-26/054 Ms. Hr. Buffett, PcB References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16207 T_16207_tan http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73319 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z tan The tan was made by adding about 60 lbs. of cuts (i.E. bark which they brought in from St. John's. However, prior to about 1880 they used to use bark off the spruce tree), about 8 gallons of pine tar and the pot about half full of water. This would be boiled for about half an hour. The solution would then be poured out into a half puncheon (i.e. wooden barrel from 4 - 5 feet in diameter). One man would then put the twine in the puncheon while amother man poured tan in on top of it. Another man would have the job of taking the twine out of the puncheon and placing it in a pile so that the steam would go through it. It would then be spread on the fences, flakes, rocks and grass and when dry in about a week the separate parts were sewn together. G.M. Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'cutch'] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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tan The tan was made by adding about 60 lbs. of cuts (i.E. bark which they brought in from St. John's. However, prior to about 1880 they used to use bark off the spruce tree), about 8 gallons of pine tar and the pot about half full of water. This would be boiled for about half an hour. The solution would then be poured out into a half puncheon (i.e. wooden barrel from 4 - 5 feet in diameter). One man would then put the twine in the puncheon while amother man poured tan in on top of it. Another man would have the job of taking the twine out of the puncheon and placing it in a pile so that the steam would go through it. It would then be spread on the fences, flakes, rocks and grass and when dry in about a week the separate parts were sewn together. G.M. Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'cutch'] |
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T Wilfred Wareham, 68-26/054 Ms. Hr. Buffett, PcB References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16207 T_16207_tan http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73319 |
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