God's cow
god One of the cures in Wesleyville for a tooth ache was [or it might be is] to get an insect which is called by the people 'God's cow'. Put the cow in a bag and hang it around the neck. This will cure the toothache. I suppose the fear that the insect will get out of the bag makes the...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/30412 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 God's cow image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30412 eng eng G Claude Bishop, 69-2/19 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14103 G_14103_god http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/30412 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 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z god One of the cures in Wesleyville for a tooth ache was [or it might be is] to get an insect which is called by the people 'God's cow'. Put the cow in a bag and hang it around the neck. This will cure the toothache. I suppose the fear that the insect will get out of the bag makes the person forget all about the toothache. This so called 'cure' is no longer practised in the community. . . . I do not know any other name for this insect, but it is black and red in color and is the shape of turtles [sic] back. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I Used I 3 Used I [see perhaps 'bronze beetle'] also 'scarlet ladybird', 'banded ladybird' Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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god One of the cures in Wesleyville for a tooth ache was [or it might be is] to get an insect which is called by the people 'God's cow'. Put the cow in a bag and hang it around the neck. This will cure the toothache. I suppose the fear that the insect will get out of the bag makes the person forget all about the toothache. This so called 'cure' is no longer practised in the community. . . . I do not know any other name for this insect, but it is black and red in color and is the shape of turtles [sic] back. DNE-cit JH 8/71 Used I Used I 3 Used I [see perhaps 'bronze beetle'] also 'scarlet ladybird', 'banded ladybird' |
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