ballase

ballast (v) "Ballase" was used as a term to mean attack with rocks. My father recalls the word being very common in his youth. And it was an every day expression - As a treat it would be said "Go home or I'll ballase you with rocks." This word seems to be unheard of now for...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9911
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/9911 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 ballase 1973/01/20 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9911 eng eng B _Q11_ - Q 71 D Changed 73-128 Betti Moore 20 RC Avondale Jan 15/73 Jan 20/73 James Moore Father store owner 59 Avondale RC This was used in his community by all the people References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 1857 B_1857_ballast (v) http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9911 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z ballast (v) "Ballase" was used as a term to mean attack with rocks. My father recalls the word being very common in his youth. And it was an every day expression - As a treat it would be said "Go home or I'll ballase you with rocks." This word seems to be unheard of now for I have never heard it in my youth and my father has not heard it for over twenty years. From Vocab list 1913- Used I Used I Not used LP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
ballase
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ballast (v) "Ballase" was used as a term to mean attack with rocks. My father recalls the word being very common in his youth. And it was an every day expression - As a treat it would be said "Go home or I'll ballase you with rocks." This word seems to be unheard of now for I have never heard it in my youth and my father has not heard it for over twenty years. From Vocab list 1913- Used I Used I Not used LP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008.
format Manuscript
title ballase
title_short ballase
title_full ballase
title_fullStr ballase
title_full_unstemmed ballase
title_sort ballase
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9911
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
_Q11_ - Q 71 D Changed 73-128
Betti Moore 20 RC Avondale Jan 15/73 Jan 20/73 James Moore Father store owner 59 Avondale RC This was used in his community by all the people
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
1857
B_1857_ballast (v)
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