top-weight
top-weight A game played by urchins in my childhood in Northern Bay (no doubt it is played elsewhere as well). It begins when one person "gets somebody down (i.e. pins him to the ground), and shouts "top-weight". Immediately others come and jump on top of the pile, also shouting "...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76769 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 top-weight 1974/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76769 eng eng T P. O'Flaherty 12?74 Northern Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16906 T_16906_top-weight http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76769 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 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z top-weight A game played by urchins in my childhood in Northern Bay (no doubt it is played elsewhere as well). It begins when one person "gets somebody down (i.e. pins him to the ground), and shouts "top-weight". Immediately others come and jump on top of the pile, also shouting "top-weight". The game ends when the person below makes such plaintive cries that his condition cannot be ignored, or else when some older, wiser person breaks the game up. This game was usually played at recess time in the school day, when there was the right mixture of boredom and superfluous bodies. DNE-cit JH 12/74 Not used Not used Withdrawn Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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top-weight A game played by urchins in my childhood in Northern Bay (no doubt it is played elsewhere as well). It begins when one person "gets somebody down (i.e. pins him to the ground), and shouts "top-weight". Immediately others come and jump on top of the pile, also shouting "top-weight". The game ends when the person below makes such plaintive cries that his condition cannot be ignored, or else when some older, wiser person breaks the game up. This game was usually played at recess time in the school day, when there was the right mixture of boredom and superfluous bodies. DNE-cit JH 12/74 Not used Not used Withdrawn Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. |
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1974 |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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T P. O'Flaherty 12?74 Northern Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16906 T_16906_top-weight http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76769 |
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