Baccalieu Birds

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 be...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9148
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/9148 2023-12-31T10:17:05+01:00 Baccalieu Birds 1970/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9148 eng eng B 1967 SMALLWOOD The Book of Nfld., iii, 265 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 1455 B_1455_baccalieu n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9148 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z 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 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
Baccalieu Birds
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title Baccalieu Birds
title_short Baccalieu Birds
title_full Baccalieu Birds
title_fullStr Baccalieu Birds
title_full_unstemmed Baccalieu Birds
title_sort baccalieu birds
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9148
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 B
1967 SMALLWOOD The Book of Nfld., iii, 265
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
1455
B_1455_baccalieu n
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9148
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