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Glossary of Newfoundland Phrases

The book uses occasional Newfinese or Newfunese words.

. Meant to educate a feller who is  "as stunned as me' arse."


Prologue

Mauzy Day.  Bird watching

Bad weather and bad visibility causes the shipwreck of the sailing ship Commerce in Placentia Bay in 1794. An ancestor of the Greene's becomes a castaway

Chapter 1 - A Fishing Family

Meet the Greene Family of Point Verde.  They struggle to make ends meet.  Planters, flakes, rooms.

It's 1927.  Meet Hannah and the large Greene Family of Point Verde.  Fishing for cod off the coast of Newfoundland.

Chapter 2 - Plans

A relative high up in the government saves the day. Fish and brewis, fairy folklore, figgy duff

Bishop Flynn (Uncle Thomas) saves the day.

Chapter 3 - The Kitchen Party

Step dancing, Newfie Music, Newfie Boilup, partridgeberry, jig

The family celebrates their good fortune at a good old fashioned Newfoundland Kitchen Party.

Chapter 4 - The Lighthouse

dory downs foghorn, molasses coady, lad in the bag

The Family moves to the Lighthouse

Chapter 5 - A New Life

Chapter 5 - A New Life

Chapter 5 - A New Life

Mauzy weather. toutons, auction 45s, bakeapple berries

The routines of Lighthouse living and family at work and play.

Chapter 6 - Risks

Chapter 5 - A New Life

Chapter 5 - A New Life

cod, yarns, ice pan, capelin

The capelin fish are running.

A bad accident at the pond.

Chapter 7 - The Storm

Chapter 5 - A New Life

buried and trapped in the snow

Danger

Chapter 8 - Castaways

Refugees from a shipwrecked vessel find sanctuary at the lighthouse

Surprises, Warmth and shelter.


Chapter 9 - The Assistant

Fresh supplies arrive along with big news.  But is it good or bad?

Chapter 10 - The Esmererelda

An earthquake.  A tidal wave.  A tragedy.

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