old hag

hag1 1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9, 222. A man at Change Islands.told me he had been ridden to death by an old hag, until a knowledgeable old man advised him to drive nails through a shingle, and lash it to his breast when he went to bed, with the nails sticking up. With great solemnity he...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33203 2023-12-31T10:19:29+01:00 old hag image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33203 eng eng H 1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9,222 Change Islands, N.D.B References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12989 H_12989_hag1 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33203 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z hag1 1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9, 222. A man at Change Islands.told me he had been ridden to death by an old hag, until a knowledgeable old man advised him to drive nails through a shingle, and lash it to his breast when he went to bed, with the nails sticking up. With great solemnity he assured me that, thus fortified, he had just forgotten the world, when down came the old hag all aflop, but with a hideous scream she went 'off quicker'n she come on.' His rest has been peaceful ever since. [see 'old hag', 'hagorid G. M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I old hag, hagorid, diddies Only the first part of this slip is used in the entry for 'hag' in the DNE I. The 1 in the head and file name indicates a supserscript 1. 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
old hag
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description hag1 1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9, 222. A man at Change Islands.told me he had been ridden to death by an old hag, until a knowledgeable old man advised him to drive nails through a shingle, and lash it to his breast when he went to bed, with the nails sticking up. With great solemnity he assured me that, thus fortified, he had just forgotten the world, when down came the old hag all aflop, but with a hideous scream she went 'off quicker'n she come on.' His rest has been peaceful ever since. [see 'old hag', 'hagorid G. M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I old hag, hagorid, diddies Only the first part of this slip is used in the entry for 'hag' in the DNE I. The 1 in the head and file name indicates a supserscript 1.
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title old hag
title_short old hag
title_full old hag
title_fullStr old hag
title_full_unstemmed old hag
title_sort old hag
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9,222
Change Islands, N.D.B
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12989
H_12989_hag1
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