boar's back

boar n A horse and cart was used to haul the hay from the field. . . ./ The thing to guard against was making the load "lop-sided" - it would surely tip over at the "sidling" places or on the rough spo[-]r[-]ts. . . ./ Another thing to guard against was making the load too rounde...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/7754 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 boar's back 1973/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7754 eng eng B R. F. Downey, MS 71-39/86 ,85 &84 Great Codroy References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4540 B_4540_boar n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7754 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z boar n A horse and cart was used to haul the hay from the field. . . ./ The thing to guard against was making the load "lop-sided" - it would surely tip over at the "sidling" places or on the rough spo[-]r[-]ts. . . ./ Another thing to guard against was making the load too rounded before it was built high enough. This was ->called "boar's back" and the bane of the builder's life. It was the height of all insult to be told that you had built your load like a boar's back. DNE-cit JH 10/73 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 71-39 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
boar's back
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description boar n A horse and cart was used to haul the hay from the field. . . ./ The thing to guard against was making the load "lop-sided" - it would surely tip over at the "sidling" places or on the rough spo[-]r[-]ts. . . ./ Another thing to guard against was making the load too rounded before it was built high enough. This was ->called "boar's back" and the bane of the builder's life. It was the height of all insult to be told that you had built your load like a boar's back. DNE-cit JH 10/73 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 71-39
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title boar's back
title_short boar's back
title_full boar's back
title_fullStr boar's back
title_full_unstemmed boar's back
title_sort boar's back
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7754
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
R. F. Downey, MS 71-39/86 ,85 &84
Great Codroy
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4540
B_4540_boar n
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