water bear

water n About eighty years ago an unearthly sound was heard in Bonavista and its immediate neighbourhood. All night long the inhabitants were going around with their loaded guns on the track of what they called a "water bear." .The men heard it in the woods.Two days afterwards there was a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1962
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78771
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/78771 2023-12-31T10:19:04+01:00 water bear 1962/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78771 eng eng W 1919 LENCH Methodism in Bonavista 22 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14304 W_14304_water n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78771 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 1962 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z water n About eighty years ago an unearthly sound was heard in Bonavista and its immediate neighbourhood. All night long the inhabitants were going around with their loaded guns on the track of what they called a "water bear." .The men heard it in the woods.Two days afterwards there was a very heavy ground sea, and Bonavista harbour was partly dry for several minutes. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story June 1962 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I water, ~bear Manuscript Newfoundland water bear 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
water bear
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water n About eighty years ago an unearthly sound was heard in Bonavista and its immediate neighbourhood. All night long the inhabitants were going around with their loaded guns on the track of what they called a "water bear." .The men heard it in the woods.Two days afterwards there was a very heavy ground sea, and Bonavista harbour was partly dry for several minutes. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story June 1962 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I water, ~bear
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title water bear
title_short water bear
title_full water bear
title_fullStr water bear
title_full_unstemmed water bear
title_sort water bear
publishDate 1962
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78771
genre Newfoundland
water bear
genre_facet Newfoundland
water bear
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
1919 LENCH Methodism in Bonavista 22
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14304
W_14304_water n
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