horse

water-horse n The fish being salted, lies 3 or 4 days, sometimes (if bad weather) 8 or 10 days, and is then washed by the boys in salt or fresh water and laid in a pile skin upward on a platt of beach stones, which they call a horse. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story Janurary 1964 Used I and Sup Used I...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76716
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Summary:water-horse n The fish being salted, lies 3 or 4 days, sometimes (if bad weather) 8 or 10 days, and is then washed by the boys in salt or fresh water and laid in a pile skin upward on a platt of beach stones, which they call a horse. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story Janurary 1964 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I waterhorse; waterhorse fish; water hoss

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