bait-skiff

• 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/9630

bait n Well, I went down t' Jimmie Lot's stage, where that bait-skiff* horn was kept, and fetched it back. 'Twas a conch shell, with a hole in it: so that if a man knowed how t'use lips an' lungs on it he could blow a blast that would wake the harbour. In the caplin season, when they uses them little fish for bait, the folk take turns at mannin' the skiff. 'Tis the bait-skiff conch that calls un t' put out: an' 'tis the bait-skiff conch that warns the harbour that the skiff is back with the bait. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I ~ fish, bird, board, boat, box, chopper, depot, hauler, horn, jack, knife, locker, (seine) master, punt, shed, skiff, squadron, tub, TILLY, BAITER, HAUL v, CONCH, LOCKER, PUNT, SKIFF, TUB *[see 'bait horn'] Checked by Suzanne Power on Tue 28 Jul 2015