Peerless Fishermen, The
DESCRIPTION: "Peerless," with a Nova Scotia crew, load their bait at Bay of Islands and reach the banks. Their dories are lowered but lost in a storm. The captain looks for the twelve lost fishermen but is forced to sail for Newfoundland.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: grief death drowning fishing sea ship storm
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
RECORDINGS:
Peter Molloy, "Ye landsmen and ye seamen come listen to what I write" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bank Fishermen" (subject)
File: ML3PeFis
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