Monday, June 13, 2022

Place Names

Newfoundland is full of lyrical place names which set the imagination running. Their source seems to be either old English and Irish seafaring terms, or anglicizations of French and Portuguese names, or just random whatever was in the head of the first or most recent European settler.

Bread and Cheese Cove

Dildo

Come By Chance

Blow Me Down

East Tickle
Joe Batt’s Arm

West Tickle
Tickle Cove

Conception Bay

Cupids

Fogo

Seldom

Placentia

Witless Bay

Cow Head

Quidi Vidi


And this is just the appetizer-sized portion!


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