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ticket n A couple of skippers told me that they always used their hats to hold the wooden course tickets. But Captain George Follett said that he was against using his hat for the ticket drawing because. keen-eyed dory skippers after a quick glance into the hat would be able to select the course whi...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1987
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74355
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Summary:ticket n A couple of skippers told me that they always used their hats to hold the wooden course tickets. But Captain George Follett said that he was against using his hat for the ticket drawing because. keen-eyed dory skippers after a quick glance into the hat would be able to select the course which suited them best. [Interesting item to consider; it recalls our etym suggestion for highline(r)--a physical object or mark. This one used to assign each dory a specific 'course' for the day's fishing 'In the Bank fishery'] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story OCT. 21 1987 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Used Sup