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It is unclear if the girl was impregnated by a drunk or was hersclfnn alcoholic. Ilowcvcr, Mr. R.,a fishennan from Upper Island Cove. confinns that girls werc exposed to sueh danger by saying that drinking on foreign vessels oftcn "led to disagreements on c'cn worse. Girls accompanying their families \\ere usually locked in n room when drinking was going OO:·IIS Dr. Grenfell was opposed to women going on the Labrador with the men. Illicit romance on the Labrador lead to at least one murder trial as recorded io the prc\'ious chapter. In another drink-related accident. one ofMr. R.'s crew members was accused of stcaling n walch while visiting 00 a foreign vcssel. The sailors could not speak English. and for a \\hile, a serious confrontation was anticipated: Mr. R.'s wife even believed she would never see them alive again. Fortunately, the watch was found and apologies \\ere made. Mr. R. S
By contrast some Labradorians were used as scapegoats by e\\ found landers. George. a Labradorian. tells this story from his grandfather's time about a schooner anchored in Black Island TickJe. The cre\\, followed later by the caplain.lefi the schooner in the morning and rowed away to the tmp. So the crew came back before the skipper did and they found the cook lashed (tied] to the mast. They asked her what happened ::md she said there was a Labrador man came down the Tickle and came aboard. I don't know what he done with her but he lashed her to the mast he said. They used to have Justices of the Peace then who could have court but it was the magistrate they got for this case. Indian I{arbour. which is about fony miles from this place. well that was \\here they were going to hold coun to about this girl that was lashed. The) went to all the places. They picked up the men. the magistrate did. and they came to Rocky Cove and there was quite a long (sand] bar there. The)' landed on the bar and was walking in. My grandfather Anhur went to the woodpile and get a stick and met them and drove them back. Wouldn't let them lake any ofhis sons. So that's alright. Thcy \\ent again and e\'cl)one that was around fishing they lined them aU up. They told the girl to pick out the one that lashed her. And there was one man there he could hardly get out a word for stuttering and I don't think he was too bright by \\ hal I heard. )'OU know. lie was one of these I don't know \\hm you'd call it. lie used 10 stutter a let. And she pointed to him. "This man! That's the man there ifhc's on eanh!" Now this old man, he was quite an elderly man from whal I hear. he took crying. lie said, '"No miss. Miss. I never seen the sky over you before... He tried to sny something else bUI before he gel il oul the magistrale made him shut up. That was enough. They took him oul anyway. Took him olll to St. John·s. lIe was gone to 51. John's. lie was gone 10 51. John's. BUI In the end she confessed the skipper did il himsclfarter the crew lert. 1K7 George went on to say that the Labrador lllan never brought any charges against the girl and nevcr reccived any compensation for lost work time. George had a few of these negati\'e stories about Nc\\foundlanders and the Newfoundland govcrnmcnt in his '" MUNFLA 86-013. C862L 123
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THE PLACE OFTHE LABRADOR FISHERY IN
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During my studies
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT . ACK OW
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CHAPTER 5 . Harbour Days . __ . Son
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CHAl'TEIII INTRODUCTION The purpose
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Grein (Lear) Hussey's Ollr Life on
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FOLLOWING PAGE Figure 1. Map showin
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FOLLOWI G PAGE Figure 3. Fishing Ar
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History of the Labrador fishc'1,IO
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March 30. 1833, at the age ofsixty-
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with a "God save you kindly". 'ow t
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tmditional parish of Harbour Main w
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job is done. Seldom in the history
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workers, union organizers. or vario
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Van Gennep stales that the second s
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is nn important one for folklorists
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Until I became interested in the La
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an adult, had been told that my "fr
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From Happy Valley.) did not have a
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on the coast wherc the Colliers peo
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than the To\'erner, but Ihere were
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I did as I had done on the first la
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Tales ofaccidenlal drowning figure
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Point. their summer salmon fishing
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so doing things like washing clothe
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crew member was apprehensive aooUi
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well. and in the Old Age Home in Ii
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I made sure that people did not tak
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experiences about which few partici
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"going in collar," which marks the
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Page 93 and 94: Tom Doyle was born in Colliers in 1
Page 95 and 96: Genernlly take 8-10 days. On her on
Page 97 and 98: One lime. I remember. we were trave
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Page 102 and 103: ller name it is Miss Katie Flynn. s
Page 105 and 106: y bal1cning down the hatches for lo
Page 107 and 108: Summary thcn they would get the goi
Page 109: CllAI'TEIl4 o TilE LABRADOR Oflhc t
Page 112: might have expedited the harvesting
Page 115: Bonavista, Trinity Bay. then drop o
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Page 122 and 123: C,D,: Had 10 be married before that
Page 125 and 126: at Salmon Bay and Bonne Bay until s
Page 127 and 128: The gun bag, which was sold for one
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Page 136: epertoire but mostly he and other L
Page 140 and 141: So Uncle Nick went up the next day.
Page 142 and 143: songs. or tell a few stories. Such
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Page 150 and 151: eturned to ask that the deck boards
Page 152: CHAPTERS E DI G TilE SEASON: HARBO
Page 155 and 156: common folks around would make up a
Page 158 and 159: Jack Conway recalls dances he alten
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Page 162: J.D. Always playing tricks. C.M. Di
Page 166 and 167: Harbour Oa)'s: Summar)' Entertainme
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community cconomy. Migration has be
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much during the period ofmy study a
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IlIULJOGRAI'IIY Bascom, William. "F
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Iliscock. Phillip. "Folklore and Po
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MUNFLA illS 84·220 (Collector: Cla
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Jill's Questionnaire for the Coasta
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Questionnaire API'ENllIX II 1. When
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37. Did you look forward (0 going o
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