gery, gery

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29890

geary And what oldtimer, never experienced the shock of having some boy (usually a bigger one) come running towards your little group, shouting at the top of his lungs, "gary, gary, gary,' then calmly stooping down and pocketing all the marbles for himself, as if this were his divine right. [-]One day in school, our teacher, an Irishman by birth, asked the class if this had happened to any of us,. [Then he asked us if any boy in the class knew how this custom of "garying' had originated. He then told us that in time long past when the Irish, the British and the Picts in Scotland[-] [reverse] 2 [-]were still pagan, the Druids or Shamans would go to some settlement, and cry aloud "gary, gary, gary,' thus indicating that they, the men of the pagan Gods, and a pagan deity called Garry was one of the more important of the Gods. In his name either food, shelter or transport had to be provided without question by the villagers, and that the request or demand was always acceded [sic] to -- something like tithes today.[-] Type as far as here -> -> MAY 1981 1A GMS Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I This is the first side of a two-sided card. See G_13631_geary for reverse