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twet abreast, spread out like a fan-the driver half- reclining, with the whip over his shoulder trail- ing behind, five fathoms long! [i]"Twet! twet!"[i] <--- on! on!-[i]"ouk! ouk!"[i] to the right!- [i]"urrah! urrah!"[i] to the left! Trees and shrubs whirl past with...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/74776 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 twet 1978/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74776 eng eng T 1861 _Harper's_ xxii, 756 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15917 T_15917_twet http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74776 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 1978 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z twet abreast, spread out like a fan-the driver half- reclining, with the whip over his shoulder trail- ing behind, five fathoms long! [i]"Twet! twet!"[i] <--- on! on!-[i]"ouk! ouk!"[i] to the right!- [i]"urrah! urrah!"[i] to the left! Trees and shrubs whirl past with dizzying speed, the crisp snow sparkles as it flies from the bone-shod runners, and the lambent flames of the [i]aurora borealis[i] dance to the music of pattering feet. What winter sport so exhilarating as dog-driving! But there are difficulties by the way. Perchance the PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I Used I Used I ooisht [see 'ooisht'] Citation not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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twet abreast, spread out like a fan-the driver half- reclining, with the whip over his shoulder trail- ing behind, five fathoms long! [i]"Twet! twet!"[i] <--- on! on!-[i]"ouk! ouk!"[i] to the right!- [i]"urrah! urrah!"[i] to the left! Trees and shrubs whirl past with dizzying speed, the crisp snow sparkles as it flies from the bone-shod runners, and the lambent flames of the [i]aurora borealis[i] dance to the music of pattering feet. What winter sport so exhilarating as dog-driving! But there are difficulties by the way. Perchance the PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I Used I Used I ooisht [see 'ooisht'] Citation not used |
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1978 |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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T 1861 _Harper's_ xxii, 756 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15917 T_15917_twet http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74776 |
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