old hag

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34095

hag1 [Card 1] _old hag_ n also _hag_. Cp _OED_ hag1 1 c obs (1632, 1696) for sense 1. See also HAGRODE. 1. The nightmare. 1896 _J A Folklore_ ix, 222 A man.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. [1909) BURKE 24 "No Short Skirts": For her skirts are so tight round the hips, Jennie, / It's no wonder she got the old hag. 1924 ENGLAND 216 A sufferer from nightmare is supposed to be ridden by something called 'the old hag,' and the only way [Card 2] old hag n - 2 3/79 .to free him from torment is to call his name backward. 1937 _Bk of Nfld_ i, 230 Nightmare is called by fishermen the 'Old Hag.' T C 222-66 J Mifflen Well, by this time it would be bedtime, and perhaps after such an exciting day you would probably have bad dreams; in fact you might have the old hag, or a nightmare. C 69-22 P Pike He often gets the hag. Usually he is dreaming that someone is chasing him [or] he may be falling from somewhere. C 70-23 V Oliver If you sleep on your back you'll have hags. 1975 _Evening Telegram_ 20 Dec, p.3 Christmas for many has moved beyond the yearly sufferable nightmare to the realm of that. [Card 3] old hag n - 3 3/79 .particularly exquisite nocturnal terror called, in Newfoundland, 'The Old Hag.' 2. Part of inner organs of a lobster, discarded in eating (P 73 R Hollett); OLD WOMAN Used I and Sup Used I 1 and 2 Used I old hag, diddies H_ 12986-12988: 3 card series, this is the third card. The 1 in the file name and head indicates a superscript 1.