1895  (1944)  e.Canada, N.B., N.S., Newfoundland "To spell (gather) a yafful (armful) of crunnocks (kindling). 1921 Newfoundland.
1964  If turr-shooting is your favorite sport, if you love nothing better than a kettle of tea boiled over a fire built of crunnicks on the barrens. . . .
1964  And, by the way, if you're still wondering what crunnicks are, they're dry, twisted pieces of wood.