devil's umbrellas

devil n One day (I was about five years old) as we were walking along I spied some umbrella-shaped objects by the side of the fence. When I ran to pluck them, my mother said not to becausethey were "devil's umbrellas.". Apparently this was the popular attitude in St. Lawrence with reg...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23031
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/23031 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 devil's umbrellas 1971/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23031 eng eng D Tony Etchegary, 69-12/95 St. Lawrence References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13337 D_13337_devil n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23031 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z devil n One day (I was about five years old) as we were walking along I spied some umbrella-shaped objects by the side of the fence. When I ran to pluck them, my mother said not to becausethey were "devil's umbrellas.". Apparently this was the popular attitude in St. Lawrence with regard to toadstools. [see 'mushrooms'] Yes DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I and Sup Used I Used I play with the devil, PLAY, devil-ma-click, devil-ma-jig,~angel, ~birthday, ~blanket, ~feathers,~ cap, DEAD-MAN'S CAP, FAIRY, ~claw, ~fashion, FASHION,~ laughter, ~ match,~ pelt,~ pipe,~ racket, RACKET, devilskin,~ spit, SPIT, ~ thumb-print, ~ umbrella Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 26 Jan 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
devil's umbrellas
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description devil n One day (I was about five years old) as we were walking along I spied some umbrella-shaped objects by the side of the fence. When I ran to pluck them, my mother said not to becausethey were "devil's umbrellas.". Apparently this was the popular attitude in St. Lawrence with regard to toadstools. [see 'mushrooms'] Yes DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I and Sup Used I Used I play with the devil, PLAY, devil-ma-click, devil-ma-jig,~angel, ~birthday, ~blanket, ~feathers,~ cap, DEAD-MAN'S CAP, FAIRY, ~claw, ~fashion, FASHION,~ laughter, ~ match,~ pelt,~ pipe,~ racket, RACKET, devilskin,~ spit, SPIT, ~ thumb-print, ~ umbrella Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 26 Jan 2015
format Manuscript
title devil's umbrellas
title_short devil's umbrellas
title_full devil's umbrellas
title_fullStr devil's umbrellas
title_full_unstemmed devil's umbrellas
title_sort devil's umbrellas
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23031
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
Tony Etchegary, 69-12/95
St. Lawrence
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13337
D_13337_devil n
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