Add to ORKGsparable nDon't come in over the floor because you've got _sparbles_ in your boots. Large nails such as those used in bootmaking. This was said some 30-35 yrs ago when my mother lived at Broad Cove. Shey, my mother's family, said this to men having sparbles in their boots because they didn't want to get their floors scratched up. Everybody said this.YesDICT CEN. JWUsed I and SupUsed SupWithdrawnNEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY word in DNE but cards in withdrawn drawe
sparable nTo provide against the slippery ice the soles of our leather boots were covered with s...
sparable nNail heads driven back into sole of shoe as the 'tap' is worn by prolonged use; very pain...
sparable nI had not got my boots properly fitted [for walking on the ice] with "sparables" and "ch...
sparable nThese are small nails that sometimes work out of your shoes and hurt your feet. I have n...
sparable nSparble is a headless nail that is used for the soles and heels of boots.JH AUG 1970Used...
sparable nThis word meant that one was referring to the tacks in the taps of your shoes which had ...
sparable nThis word means a tack or nail in a shoe which has worked up through the sole and sticks...
sparable nLanguage item: '_sparbles_' [PT] The word 'sparbles as I have heard it used referred to ...
sparable nSome men wore boots with metal nails driven up in the bottoms so that their ends came jus...
sparable nn.pl. Sharp nails; hob nails in boots.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story July 1959Used I an...
sparable nis a name given by many people in St. John's to a nail used in shoemaking. This is a very...
sparable nExplanation. (nails for soles of shoes) or brass tacksYesJ.D.A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S P...
sparable nOn their feet professional drivers wore leather boots with sharp caulks or 'sparbles' th...
sparable nOne day he was putting what were called "taps" or soles on his boots and he was using "sp...
sparable n..."skinny woppers," made of sealskin which had been tanned by Esquimau women..I marvelle...
sparable nTo provide against the slippery ice the soles of our leather boots were covered with s...
sparable nNail heads driven back into sole of shoe as the 'tap' is worn by prolonged use; very pain...
sparable nI had not got my boots properly fitted [for walking on the ice] with "sparables" and "ch...
sparable nThese are small nails that sometimes work out of your shoes and hurt your feet. I have n...
sparable nSparble is a headless nail that is used for the soles and heels of boots.JH AUG 1970Used...
sparable nThis word meant that one was referring to the tacks in the taps of your shoes which had ...
sparable nThis word means a tack or nail in a shoe which has worked up through the sole and sticks...
sparable nLanguage item: '_sparbles_' [PT] The word 'sparbles as I have heard it used referred to ...
sparable nSome men wore boots with metal nails driven up in the bottoms so that their ends came jus...
sparable nn.pl. Sharp nails; hob nails in boots.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story July 1959Used I an...
sparable nis a name given by many people in St. John's to a nail used in shoemaking. This is a very...
sparable nExplanation. (nails for soles of shoes) or brass tacksYesJ.D.A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S P...
sparable nOn their feet professional drivers wore leather boots with sharp caulks or 'sparbles' th...
sparable nOne day he was putting what were called "taps" or soles on his boots and he was using "sp...
sparable n..."skinny woppers," made of sealskin which had been tanned by Esquimau women..I marvelle...
sparable nTo provide against the slippery ice the soles of our leather boots were covered with s...
sparable nNail heads driven back into sole of shoe as the 'tap' is worn by prolonged use; very pain...
sparable nI had not got my boots properly fitted [for walking on the ice] with "sparables" and "ch...