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CHAI'rEll2 FIELDWORK This chapter presents an account ofmy fieldwork experiences while collecting the life history namui\'es of men and women \\ho had fished on the Labrador. My fieldwork consisted ofthree main parts: 1) archival preparation. 2) field trips on the Labrador. and 3) fieldwork in the communities ofColliers and Conception Ilarbour. To set the scene for the in-depth description ofeach component ofthe experience ofgoing on the Labrador. my first field trip to the Labrador is given as a personal experience narrative. The various locations visited are shown on the map in Figure 1. The route followed staned by Canadian National (eN) bus at St. John's (q.\'.. Figure I, 21).thcn proceeded by boat from Lewisponc (q.v.. Figure I. 20). and continued as far north as Nain (q.v.. Figure 1, 2). Origins oflhe Study While nn undergraduate student in Folklore at <strong>Memorial</strong> University or Newlolll1dlnnd, [ wrote several tcrm papers bascd 011 fieldwork in my home community or Colliers. Through that rcsearch, I became interested in the rolk history or Colliers to the point where I decided to do a community study. and I was encouraged by the faculty to do this as 3 Master's thesis. Although J was living and working in $1. John's as an undergrodu3te, I spent my free time at home observing the folklore ofmy family and interviewing some of the older people in Colliers, 36
Until I became interested in the Labrador fishery, I was planning a study similar 10 Linda Dcgh's Four !ires in the Tobacco BeJt,6G but focusing on the history ofColliers. With Scan O'Sullivan's Handbook o/Irish Folklori l as a guide, my olher ambilion was to collect everything from anyone who would tell me anything aboul Colliers. My professors quickly set me straight and told me to narrow my focus. Thus, the topic became the Labrador fishery. 1bc original concept for the thesis emerged from an undergraduatc class in Folklore.1be professor. Dr. Larry Small. spoke ofan intervie\\ ";Ih a man \\ho talked about the Labrador fishery in \'ery glo";ng tcons; it had been the best experience ofhis life and he wished he could go back and start it over. Whcn Dr. Smalliatcr spoke to the man's wife, who was present during the interview, she said thal il was the most honible expericnce ofher life and she never wanted to go back to it again. Dr. mall went on to say that thc Labrador fishery was a topic needing study because it was a recent happening and fresh in the minds of the people, and the older people who rcmembered it wcre dying. I remember filing lhis away as a topic for a paper which might be done laler. As a graduate studenl, I worked part-time us an archival assistant at <strong>Memorial</strong> University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive. My task there was to survey the archive holdings pertaining lO the Labrador lishery in preparation for Dr. Neil Rosenberg's "Orall-lislory ofthe Labrador Fishery" course. While conducting this 60 Linda Degh. Four !ires in the Tobacco Bell, Mercur)' Series, o. 13 (Ottawa: National Museum ofCanada. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, 1975). 61 Scan O'Sullivan. Handbook ofIrish Folklore (I 942: rpl. Ilatboro. PA: Folklore Associates. 1963). 37
Page 4: THE PLACE OFTHE LABRADOR FISHERY IN
Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During my studies
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT . ACK OW
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 5 . Harbour Days . __ . Son
Page 13 and 14: CHAl'TEIII INTRODUCTION The purpose
Page 15 and 16: Grein (Lear) Hussey's Ollr Life on
Page 17: FOLLOWING PAGE Figure 1. Map showin
Page 21 and 22: FOLLOWI G PAGE Figure 3. Fishing Ar
Page 23: History of the Labrador fishc'1,IO
Page 28 and 29: March 30. 1833, at the age ofsixty-
Page 32: with a "God save you kindly". 'ow t
Page 37 and 38: tmditional parish of Harbour Main w
Page 39: job is done. Seldom in the history
Page 42 and 43: workers, union organizers. or vario
Page 45 and 46: Van Gennep stales that the second s
Page 47: is nn important one for folklorists
Page 52 and 53: an adult, had been told that my "fr
Page 54 and 55: From Happy Valley.) did not have a
Page 56 and 57: on the coast wherc the Colliers peo
Page 58 and 59: than the To\'erner, but Ihere were
Page 60 and 61: I did as I had done on the first la
Page 62 and 63: Tales ofaccidenlal drowning figure
Page 64 and 65: Point. their summer salmon fishing
Page 66 and 67: so doing things like washing clothe
Page 69: crew member was apprehensive aooUi
Page 72 and 73: well. and in the Old Age Home in Ii
Page 74: I made sure that people did not tak
Page 78: experiences about which few partici
Page 81: "going in collar," which marks the
Page 85: Some of the reasons why people were
Page 88 and 89: transcribed songs and a better reco
Page 90: (3.1) When the water came in the ho
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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Sex on the Passage Somctimes when I
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ller name it is Miss Katie Flynn. s
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y bal1cning down the hatches for lo
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Summary thcn they would get the goi
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CllAI'TEIl4 o TilE LABRADOR Oflhc t
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might have expedited the harvesting
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Bonavista, Trinity Bay. then drop o
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and most names ofthe crew she had w
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C,D,: Had 10 be married before that
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at Salmon Bay and Bonne Bay until s
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The gun bag, which was sold for one
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was unfairly chastised by Dr. Paddo
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the dcadly.177 This section summari
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It is unclear if the girl was impre
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epertoire but mostly he and other L
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So Uncle Nick went up the next day.
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songs. or tell a few stories. Such
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II was and is a Labrador custom to
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When I told this story to the peopl
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eturned to ask that the deck boards
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CHAPTERS E DI G TilE SEASON: HARBO
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common folks around would make up a
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Jack Conway recalls dances he alten
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gulching when the dogs were after m
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J.D. Always playing tricks. C.M. Di
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Harbour Oa)'s: Summar)' Entertainme
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'arr:tlivcs or Dealh and the Supern
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otTthe description ofjigging for th
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and whcn I gcts homc - if I get hom
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such as the passagc down and the ac
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generational memory, but identity a
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and my father demonstrated that the
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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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