tickleace*

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76643

ticklace n Soon as [we] see the first tickleace*, first little bird come yer [ie here] in the Spring - like, you would see 'em round the rocks - that'd be our mark, that'd be his mark, see, tickleace* or a sarun* - a sarun* is a fish-bird. "Time to get away now! Time to go on now!" Yes DNE-cit J.D.A. WIDDOWSON [* my own spellings] Used I and Sup Used I Used I tickalass, tickelace, tickelelse, tick-i-lace, ticklas, tickleace, tickle-ass, tickle-lace, titlas, ticklas, tickless, [see 'tickalass', etc.] cited as T 31-64 in DNE