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tally n " Keeping _Tally_" When it came time to "take up" the potatoes, my grandfather always prepared to keep tally. As each bucket of potatoes was brought to the cellar door he would make a stroke with a pencil on a piece of paper or on a board. Four parallel strokes would be c...
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| Summary: | tally n " Keeping _Tally_" When it came time to "take up" the potatoes, my grandfather always prepared to keep tally. As each bucket of potatoes was brought to the cellar door he would make a stroke with a pencil on a piece of paper or on a board. Four parallel strokes would be crossed with a fifth stroke. ( ) twelve Yes DICT CEN. DNE-cit JW Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY There is a drawing in the brackets on the card. |
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