Summary: | baccalieu n Newfoundland sea-birds also assisted early navigators. Sailing ships from Europe aimed at making land at Baccalieu because that par- ticular locality could be recognized even in the fog by immense hordes of Puffins off-shore. So important was this landmark to become that it eventually became a crime, punishable by a public whipping, to molest those nesting sea-birds. Even today, in Conception Bay, Puffins are sometimes called "Baccalieu Birds." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I bacalao, baccalao, Bacalieu, bacalhao, baccalieu bird, TURR, Baccaloo, baccalieu skiff, barcaliau Checked by Suzanne Power on Fri 04 Jul 2014
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