Western men

western a Western men; the fishermen who came from Placentia Bay, Fortune Bay, etc. to fish in St. Mary's Bay during late spring and summer. The number of schooners has diminished from 20 or 30 in 1935 to one in 1966. The men are still referred to as 'Western men' or 'Herbs'...

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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/78097
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/78097 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 Western men 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78097 eng eng W Michael Fagan 67-4/99 St. Mary's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14722 W_14722_western a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78097 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z western a Western men; the fishermen who came from Placentia Bay, Fortune Bay, etc. to fish in St. Mary's Bay during late spring and summer. The number of schooners has diminished from 20 or 30 in 1935 to one in 1966. The men are still referred to as 'Western men' or 'Herbs'. It seems that the name 'Western men' originated from the fact that most of them came from the Western side of Placentia Bay, but why they are called 'Herbs' I have no idea. DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I western, wester, westward, ~adventurer, ~charter, ~man, ~merchant, ~ocean, ~banks, ~boat, ~coast,~craft, ~fishery, ~schooner, ~shore 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
Western men
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description western a Western men; the fishermen who came from Placentia Bay, Fortune Bay, etc. to fish in St. Mary's Bay during late spring and summer. The number of schooners has diminished from 20 or 30 in 1935 to one in 1966. The men are still referred to as 'Western men' or 'Herbs'. It seems that the name 'Western men' originated from the fact that most of them came from the Western side of Placentia Bay, but why they are called 'Herbs' I have no idea. DNE-cit JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I western, wester, westward, ~adventurer, ~charter, ~man, ~merchant, ~ocean, ~banks, ~boat, ~coast,~craft, ~fishery, ~schooner, ~shore
format Manuscript
title Western men
title_short Western men
title_full Western men
title_fullStr Western men
title_full_unstemmed Western men
title_sort western men
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78097
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 W
Michael Fagan 67-4/99
St. Mary's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14722
W_14722_western a
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