train oyl

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77694

train 2 n Lastly Let us remember their Train Oyl for by that name they distinguish it from Whale or Seal oyl which they Call Fat Oyle Which is sold at a Lower Price being only usd for the Lighting of Lamps than the train oyl which is used by the Curriers They make it thus they Take a half tub & boring a hole Through the Bottom Press hard Down into it a Layer of Spruce boughs upon which they Lay the Livers & place the whole apparatus in as sunny a Place as Possible as the Livers Corrupt the Oyl runs from them & straing itself (over) [reverse] clear through the Spruce Boughs is caught by a Vessel set under the hole in the tubs bottom PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I traine, trayne, train-oil, train bucket, train-fat, train house, train-oil lamp, train vat, oil house. cod oil, oil Reverse of T_14980. File name for the reverse side is written upside down in the top cover.