horse-fly

horse n. There is an insect around Buchans that we call a horse-fly and its bite is supposed to be dangerous (not fatally). When you see one of these, in order to protect you self you are supposed to say "High Water". If you want to tease it, you say "Low Water". DNE-cit Used I U...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35414 2023-12-31T10:18:37+01:00 horse-fly image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35414 eng eng H Stanley L. Cole, 66-2/27 Buchans References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14825 H_14825_horse n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35414 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z horse n. There is an insect around Buchans that we call a horse-fly and its bite is supposed to be dangerous (not fatally). When you see one of these, in order to protect you self you are supposed to say "High Water". If you want to tease it, you say "Low Water". DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I 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
horse-fly
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description horse n. There is an insect around Buchans that we call a horse-fly and its bite is supposed to be dangerous (not fatally). When you see one of these, in order to protect you self you are supposed to say "High Water". If you want to tease it, you say "Low Water". DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I
format Manuscript
title horse-fly
title_short horse-fly
title_full horse-fly
title_fullStr horse-fly
title_full_unstemmed horse-fly
title_sort horse-fly
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35414
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation H
Stanley L. Cole, 66-2/27
Buchans
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14825
H_14825_horse n.
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