Weskit

Weskit Vest. Mr. E. Hussey, Tailor and World War 1 veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February, 1966. Mr. Hussey heard a boy from Bonavista use this a few years ago and considered it very odd. Apparently the word "vest" has been used by tailors for a long time and the other term has been for...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76133
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Summary:Weskit Vest. Mr. E. Hussey, Tailor and World War 1 veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February, 1966. Mr. Hussey heard a boy from Bonavista use this a few years ago and considered it very odd. Apparently the word "vest" has been used by tailors for a long time and the other term has been forgotten. Mrs. Winnie Martin, has heard weskit both by her late father who came from Northern Bay and by her cousins orig- inally from the same area. But, she adds, that she has heard "weskit" used in St. John's all her life by her maternal relat- ives who were born and reared in St. John's. Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp