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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...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/31553 2023-12-31T10:19:33+01:00 gery, gery image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31553 eng eng G 1981 _Evening Telegram_ 15 May, p. 6 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13631 G_13631_geary http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31553 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 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z 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 Not used This is the second side of a two-sided card, continued from G_13630. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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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 Not used This is the second side of a two-sided card, continued from G_13630. |
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