thrasher

thrasher Killer whales are seen along the coast from late July until September. They follow white whales and other large sea mammals close to the coast, but they do not travel beyond the mouths of bays. The local term for males is swordfish, and the term for females is thrasher. Swordfish travel in...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74439
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/74439 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 thrasher 1979/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74439 eng eng T 1977 _Inuit Land_ Use 258 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16487 T_16487_thrasher http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74439 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 1979 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z thrasher Killer whales are seen along the coast from late July until September. They follow white whales and other large sea mammals close to the coast, but they do not travel beyond the mouths of bays. The local term for males is swordfish, and the term for females is thrasher. Swordfish travel in pairs but thrashers are usually seen in schools of five or eight animals. Swordfish and thrashers hunt their prey together. The swordfish dives deep under the whale and comes up under the belly; and at the same time, the thrasher jumps on the whale's back. Swordfish kill the whale and just cut the tongue out and leave the rest of the whale. Thrashers feed on the tongue too. PRINTED ITEM W Kirwin 10/79 JH 10/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
thrasher
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description thrasher Killer whales are seen along the coast from late July until September. They follow white whales and other large sea mammals close to the coast, but they do not travel beyond the mouths of bays. The local term for males is swordfish, and the term for females is thrasher. Swordfish travel in pairs but thrashers are usually seen in schools of five or eight animals. Swordfish and thrashers hunt their prey together. The swordfish dives deep under the whale and comes up under the belly; and at the same time, the thrasher jumps on the whale's back. Swordfish kill the whale and just cut the tongue out and leave the rest of the whale. Thrashers feed on the tongue too. PRINTED ITEM W Kirwin 10/79 JH 10/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title thrasher
title_short thrasher
title_full thrasher
title_fullStr thrasher
title_full_unstemmed thrasher
title_sort thrasher
publishDate 1979
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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 T
1977 _Inuit Land_ Use 258
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16487
T_16487_thrasher
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