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french a DC ~ shore 1 (Nfld: 1806-); cp EDD ~ a 1 (7) ~ tobacco
'a weed smoked by boys.'
Attrib french clover: see
french tobacco below.
french hen: the ruffed grouse
(Bonasa umbellus).
1891 PACKARD 426 Ruffed Grouse [occur]
rarely at the head of Hamilton Inlet, but only on the south side; rather common at
Paradise River, flowing into Sandwich Bay, and abundantly in the valleys to the
southward, where birch grows plentifully. These birds are known as 'French Hens.' 1909
BROWNE 208 The 'Ruffed' Grouse ... is known to settlers as 'French Hen,' or 'Birch
Partridge.' 1959 MCATEE 24 ~ Ruffed Grouse (Nfld., 'Labr.').
french shore: the coast of the island of Newfoundland where
the French held fishing and curing rights until 1904, defined by the Treaty of Utrecht
(1713) as north from Cape Bonavista on the east coast to Point Riche on the west, and
amended by the Treaty of Versailles (1783) to extend from Cape St John to Cape Ray;
TREATY SHORE.
[1822] 1928 CORMACK 93 The French shore of
Newfoundland is one of the most valuable on the globe for fisheries. 1886 HOWLEY MS
Reminiscences 44 Had a visit last evening from some French shore men named Noseworthy
and Taylor about taking up land. They want to settle down in North Arm on some of the
lots we laid off sometime ago. They come from Griquet. 1902 Christmas Bells 3
However that be, she had fished the Labrador seas, traded the French Shore, smuggled red
liquor from St Pierre. 1936 SMITH 33 Mr Smith himself was on board to supervise the
building of the different fishing rooms at Edwards Harbour, and they left Brigus about
the 10th of June and arrived at Quirpon, French shore, in good time. 1942 Little Bay
Islands 12 It also sent a trader to the French shore. [1952] 1965 PEACOCK (ed) i, 136
"High Times in Our Ship": He got the yacht ready, / Went on the French Shore. 1979
TIZZARD 200 Her father was half owner of an eighteen ton schooner, and after a little
while going there he persuaded me to make the trip to the French shore with them in the
spring for a load of codfish.
french tobacco, ~
clover: knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
1898 J A
Folklore xi, 229 ~ Centaurea nigra. 1898 N S Inst Sci ix, 373 French
clover.
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