He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other

tilt n This. admirably expresses to their apprehension the folly of shiftless expedients. I once saw the literal fulfilment of this proverb. A poor thiftless family, too lazy to work, actually, while living in the forest, burned parts of one end of their house to warm themselves sitting at the other...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73743
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73743 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other 1964/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73743 eng eng T 1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 40 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13864 T_13864_tilt n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73743 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z tilt n This. admirably expresses to their apprehension the folly of shiftless expedients. I once saw the literal fulfilment of this proverb. A poor thiftless family, too lazy to work, actually, while living in the forest, burned parts of one end of their house to warm themselves sitting at the other. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story June 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I tilts, tilt-back, tilt line, Tilt's distance, BAY TILT, linneys, smoke like a tilt, sit in one end of a tilt and burn the other sense 3 from DNE-cit, not Sup 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
He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description tilt n This. admirably expresses to their apprehension the folly of shiftless expedients. I once saw the literal fulfilment of this proverb. A poor thiftless family, too lazy to work, actually, while living in the forest, burned parts of one end of their house to warm themselves sitting at the other. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story June 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I tilts, tilt-back, tilt line, Tilt's distance, BAY TILT, linneys, smoke like a tilt, sit in one end of a tilt and burn the other sense 3 from DNE-cit, not Sup
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title_full He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other
title_fullStr He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other
title_full_unstemmed He sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other
title_sort he sits in one end of the tilt and burns the other
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 40
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13864
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