water horse

water-horse n After catching, splitting, and washing, the fish were put into three-quintal tubs along with two gallons of salt per draft. (A "draft" and a half of fresh fish, or 238 pounds, made about one quintal of fish, or 108 pounds of dried.) On the first day fish were added to the pic...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75277
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/75277 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 water horse 1977/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75277 eng eng W 1954 INNIS Cod Fisheries 426 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14457 W_14457_water-horse n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75277 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z water-horse n After catching, splitting, and washing, the fish were put into three-quintal tubs along with two gallons of salt per draft. (A "draft" and a half of fresh fish, or 238 pounds, made about one quintal of fish, or 108 pounds of dried.) On the first day fish were added to the pickle formed by the salt. After four or five days they were washed in the pickle, put into the "water horse," allowed to drain, were spread on the floor for six hours, and then put on the flakes or drying racks, with the flesh side up. At night they were turned skin up, and the following day turned flesh side up until early afternoon. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss 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
water horse
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water-horse n After catching, splitting, and washing, the fish were put into three-quintal tubs along with two gallons of salt per draft. (A "draft" and a half of fresh fish, or 238 pounds, made about one quintal of fish, or 108 pounds of dried.) On the first day fish were added to the pickle formed by the salt. After four or five days they were washed in the pickle, put into the "water horse," allowed to drain, were spread on the floor for six hours, and then put on the flakes or drying racks, with the flesh side up. At night they were turned skin up, and the following day turned flesh side up until early afternoon. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss
format Manuscript
title water horse
title_short water horse
title_full water horse
title_fullStr water horse
title_full_unstemmed water horse
title_sort water horse
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75277
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
1954 INNIS Cod Fisheries 426
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14457
W_14457_water-horse n
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