West Country servants

west a We still hear a good deal in these records about the bye-boat men -- the planters who brought out West Country servants. The late Hon. Stephen Rendell has often told me that even when he came to the Colony in 1834, hundreds of sturdy Devonshire lads came out every spring to Rowell's, Bod...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77099
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77099 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 West Country servants 1977/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77099 eng eng W 1895 PROWSE Hist of Nfld 297-8 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14640 W_14640_west a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77099 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z west a We still hear a good deal in these records about the bye-boat men -- the planters who brought out West Country servants. The late Hon. Stephen Rendell has often told me that even when he came to the Colony in 1834, hundreds of sturdy Devonshire lads came out every spring to Rowell's, Boden's, Bulley's, Mudge's, Job's, and many others on the South Side and in Hoyle's Town.and to Torbay, Bay Bulls, Petty Harbour, &c. All these 'youngsters' were shipped for two summers and a winter. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I Used I West Country Merchants; Westcountry-men; West country; west india; west indian; west indies; West-India fish; West Indie; West Indee; West-England fish; West Country servants Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
West Country servants
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description west a We still hear a good deal in these records about the bye-boat men -- the planters who brought out West Country servants. The late Hon. Stephen Rendell has often told me that even when he came to the Colony in 1834, hundreds of sturdy Devonshire lads came out every spring to Rowell's, Boden's, Bulley's, Mudge's, Job's, and many others on the South Side and in Hoyle's Town.and to Torbay, Bay Bulls, Petty Harbour, &c. All these 'youngsters' were shipped for two summers and a winter. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I Used I West Country Merchants; Westcountry-men; West country; west india; west indian; west indies; West-India fish; West Indie; West Indee; West-England fish; West Country servants
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title West Country servants
title_short West Country servants
title_full West Country servants
title_fullStr West Country servants
title_full_unstemmed West Country servants
title_sort west country servants
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77099
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1895 PROWSE Hist of Nfld 297-8
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14640
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