wave fences

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78978

wave fences Materials cleared from the land were used to build fences. Fence forms varied even within study areas. "_Stake and longer_" fences domi- nated the Avalon at the end of the last century. A post or stake was driven into the ground every 8 feet or so and 2 or 3 horizontally placed posts or "_longers_," each around 16 feet in length, were tied to the posts with withes or _gads_� (Fig. 18A). Alternatively the longers were tied to the upright posts by homemade tree-nails or "trunnels," or secured with strips of bark. Along the Cape Shore, and to a lesser extent near St. John's, sticks and branches were woven between either the vertical posts or horizontal rails and were referred to as "_wave_," "_bush_," or "_riddlin_" fences. Another variant was the picket fence, formed of closely-spaced vertical sticks which were nailed or tied to the horizontally laid "longers."� This type usually enclosed the kitchen garden [reverse] p. 107 - Wattled or "wave" fences existed in Ireland in the seventeenth century and the concept of interlacing pliable rods was popular in Irish vernacular architecture ear early in the nineteeth century. The "wave" or "riddlin" fences of the Avalon may be an adaptation of this distinctive technique or may have developed independently in the study areas. PRINTED TIEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1974 JH JUL 1974 See FENCES (over) Not used Not used Withdrawn reverse side of w_14050