devil's cure

devil n the devil's cure to you- if something happened to a person through carelessness or through impetuosity this was said e.g. if a person fell because he wasn't watching his steps or if a child runs off in disobedience to a command and bumps into the stove or a table. It expresses an a...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/23088 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 devil's cure xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23088 eng eng D 62 71-124 Sr. Diane Smyth, age 24, R.C., St. John's, August / 71, Sr. Loretta Gardiner, none, teacher, age 35 (approx.), Grey Islands, Curling, R.C., used by grandmother who lived on Grey Islands. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13312 D_13312_devil n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23088 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z devil n the devil's cure to you- if something happened to a person through carelessness or through impetuosity this was said e.g. if a person fell because he wasn't watching his steps or if a child runs off in disobedience to a command and bumps into the stove or a table. It expresses an attitude of too bad, it's your own fault. DNE-cit 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 "Newfoundland Folklore Survey" card; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 24 Jan 2015; see ramlatch 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 cure
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description devil n the devil's cure to you- if something happened to a person through carelessness or through impetuosity this was said e.g. if a person fell because he wasn't watching his steps or if a child runs off in disobedience to a command and bumps into the stove or a table. It expresses an attitude of too bad, it's your own fault. DNE-cit 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 "Newfoundland Folklore Survey" card; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 24 Jan 2015; see ramlatch
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title devil's cure
title_short devil's cure
title_full devil's cure
title_fullStr devil's cure
title_full_unstemmed devil's cure
title_sort devil's cure
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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62 71-124
Sr. Diane Smyth, age 24, R.C., St. John's, August / 71, Sr. Loretta Gardiner, none, teacher, age 35 (approx.), Grey Islands, Curling, R.C., used by grandmother who lived on Grey Islands.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13312
D_13312_devil n
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