_hollow_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
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hollow 94 Priest. _Light_. _Big Black Dog._ (North River) [check] _Ghosts_. Spirits. GHOST EXPLAINS etc. H. Of course.is it "exorcising" _ghosts_? [_PT_] _spirits_ [_PT_] ? JW.Yeah. H. There's one about.think it was _Dr.Whel(an)_ - one of the _Priest_[s] [_PT_] .There was a house next to _the Priest_ [_PT_]- I guess 'bout where the convent is now: place where they used to see the _big black dog_ [_PT_].Anyway _the Priest_ [_PT_] always used to see a _light_ _[PT]_ around his house.And.my mother tells this one also.always,and _the light_, _[PT]_ used to annoy him. So he asked (t)his man one night to come with him.He said, '(Joey??) .'he said,'(there's) nothing to be afraid of.' So _the Priest_ [_PT_] [_PT_]went around the house; the man he had with him had to carry the candle,a lighted candle. And the story goes _the light_ _[PT]_ wasn't seen after. .This.this is an.an old story.It's.well,less than a hundred years,but. JW. Did he do any praying or any other.? H. Apparently.oh,yes: praying,yes. JW. Praying all/the time and. H. Mm-mm. JW. .following the man with the candle? H.No,the man was following him, I think. JW. The man was following him. H.Mm-mm. JW.Yeah. And this was at night-time? H. Mm-mm.Oh yes. JW.An' while we' re on the topic: [the Black Dog] was seen there! That's the first time I' ve (heard about that). H.Oh yes,the.the convent is there now,in the same place: it's a _hollow_. 'Up in _the hollow_' it's called,you see. JW.What's the stories about /the dog?/ H. Usually a _big black dog_ [_PT_] [_PT_]walks out of the water. You see,the water's on one side of the road and (a) field on the other. JW. It's a pond, is it? H. _River_; you know,the North _River_. JW.The river itself. OVER. [reverse] H. And /the dog//[PT]/ is big, black,big eyes - saucer eyes, you see. An' the dog/[PT] gets smaller as it goes away from you.Been seen by several people, of course.Hasn't been seen lately. JW. Is is a harmful /dog/? Does it.how does it act?Is it an omen of death,or what does it do? H.No.It's just seen,that's all. ...