_Wadey -buckety_

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• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
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weigh-de-buckedy n made by placing plank (10'x8' x 2" x 6" ) over saw house These things were usually available if there were carpenters or painters in the vacinity. I've seen children use one longer of a fence as a wady-buckety by using one of the intact longers as the fulcrum. Then we see-sawed enough [reverse] one would get off his place while the other was in the air and the latter would come down with a bang. Sometimes the plank was placed over a metal barrel. He could easily go to the playground to use real wadey- bucketies that were smooth and painted One of my friends had an authentic one in her garden.The fulcrum was made of iron pipes and the plank had half a pipe bolted on it to serve as a brace - handles. If it wasn't balanced one child, the heavier, moved towards the center. In the case of the first primetime type mentioned we moved the plank until it was properly balanced. at 6 , 7 ,8 we didn't know Physics! Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit JW (39) Used I Not used Used I buckety-board*, wady buckedy (board), wady-buckety, weigh-de-buckety Reverse side of W_14062 Diagrams included