_Tiddley_

tiddly n My father says that during his boyhood, there was no such game as baseball or hockey to occupy the lads. However one game the lads did play quite a lot of was "_Tiddley"._ They played this game in the following way. Each lad had two sticks. One long one about 3-4 ft in length and...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77384 2023-12-31T10:18:53+01:00 _Tiddley_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77384 eng eng T 03 71 -40 George Hiscock English 3400 23 Winterton, Trinity Bay Mr. Noah Hiscock (father) Businessman 60 Winterton Practiced during his boyhood at Winterton 1920-30 at Winterton during my boyhood 1955-60 Nov. 22, 1970 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13725 T_13725_tiddly n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77384 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z tiddly n My father says that during his boyhood, there was no such game as baseball or hockey to occupy the lads. However one game the lads did play quite a lot of was "_Tiddley"._ They played this game in the following way. Each lad had two sticks. One long one about 3-4 ft in length and one short one 1/2-1 ft in length. The game was played by the lads placing the short stick upon a rock or some object [Reverse] with part of it hanging out over. The part hanging out over was hit by the long stick, which sent the shot on flying through the air. The short stick that went farthest was the winner. [Diagram] short stick rock or some object long stick DICT CEN. DNE-cit JH 2/72 NOV 23 1970 71-40/03 Used I Used I 1 Not used tiddlywink, PIDDLY, tidley, tiddley, piddley, tiddly stick, tiddley-stick, tidley stick, puss-stick, puss stick NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY part 1 is on back of card at T_13724; diagram on card Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_Tiddley_
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description tiddly n My father says that during his boyhood, there was no such game as baseball or hockey to occupy the lads. However one game the lads did play quite a lot of was "_Tiddley"._ They played this game in the following way. Each lad had two sticks. One long one about 3-4 ft in length and one short one 1/2-1 ft in length. The game was played by the lads placing the short stick upon a rock or some object [Reverse] with part of it hanging out over. The part hanging out over was hit by the long stick, which sent the shot on flying through the air. The short stick that went farthest was the winner. [Diagram] short stick rock or some object long stick DICT CEN. DNE-cit JH 2/72 NOV 23 1970 71-40/03 Used I Used I 1 Not used tiddlywink, PIDDLY, tidley, tiddley, piddley, tiddly stick, tiddley-stick, tidley stick, puss-stick, puss stick NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY part 1 is on back of card at T_13724; diagram on card
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title_full _Tiddley_
title_fullStr _Tiddley_
title_full_unstemmed _Tiddley_
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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03 71 -40
George Hiscock English 3400 23 Winterton, Trinity Bay Mr. Noah Hiscock (father) Businessman 60 Winterton Practiced during his boyhood at Winterton 1920-30 at Winterton during my boyhood 1955-60 Nov. 22, 1970
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13725
T_13725_tiddly n
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