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I think swiling (seal hunting on the ice) is likely similar in many respects.
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I think swiling (seal hunting on the ice) is likely similar in many respects.
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As far as Hackapiks go, If I can hit a rabbit in the head and kill it to eat, then why should I see a problem with a swiling hackapik?
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As far as Hackapiks go, If I can hit a rabbit in the head and kill it to eat, then why should I see a problem with a swiling hackapik?
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The video starts off with a male dancer (Jason Beitel) and a female dancer swiling around whilst a kaleidoscopic effect of lights is in the background, often as produced by a spirograph.
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I'm all for swiling Neufie Queens just Like I'm all for Inupiat Whalers.
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I'm all for swiling Neufie Queens just Like I'm all for Inupiat Whalers.
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Beitel) and a female dancer swiling around whilst a kaleidoscopic effect of lights is in the background, often as produced by a spirograph.
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chained_bear commented on the word swiling
Sealing, i.e. the practice of heading north to the ice in the springtime to kill seals:
"Greenspond is a pretty place
And so is Pinchard's Island
Ma will buy me a new fur coat
When Da gets home from swilin'."
(Similar song verse quoted in Briton Cooper Busch, "The War Against the Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery")
December 9, 2007