water holiday

water holiday Mrs. P. . . . told me that in her village whenever it was too windy for the fisherman to get their boats on the water it was called a Fisherman's Holiday. If the fisherman could get on the water, but when they hauled their traps and got no fish it was a water holiday to the fisher...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73514
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73514 2023-12-31T10:18:55+01:00 water holiday 1972/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73514 eng eng W Linda Austin, 71-6/48 Burnt Point References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13959 W_13959_water holiday http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73514 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z water holiday Mrs. P. . . . told me that in her village whenever it was too windy for the fisherman to get their boats on the water it was called a Fisherman's Holiday. If the fisherman could get on the water, but when they hauled their traps and got no fish it was a water holiday to the fisherman of Conception Bay. DNE-cit JH 1/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also 'fisherman's holiday'] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
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
water holiday
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water holiday Mrs. P. . . . told me that in her village whenever it was too windy for the fisherman to get their boats on the water it was called a Fisherman's Holiday. If the fisherman could get on the water, but when they hauled their traps and got no fish it was a water holiday to the fisherman of Conception Bay. DNE-cit JH 1/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn [see also 'fisherman's holiday']
format Manuscript
title water holiday
title_short water holiday
title_full water holiday
title_fullStr water holiday
title_full_unstemmed water holiday
title_sort water holiday
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73514
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
Linda Austin, 71-6/48
Burnt Point
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13959
W_13959_water holiday
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