jack o' lantern

jack 1 n Jack o' lanterns are balls of fire which race quickly over the ground, and the person who sees one will go insane. C. P. from Grand Bank.said that he had heard of jack o' lanterns too, but instead of going insane, the person issuing one is led away into the woods and is lost there...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38697
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38697 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 jack o' lantern 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38697 eng eng J Valerie D. Oliver, 70-23/132 Burnt Point, C.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12971 J_12971_jack 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38697 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z jack 1 n Jack o' lanterns are balls of fire which race quickly over the ground, and the person who sees one will go insane. C. P. from Grand Bank.said that he had heard of jack o' lanterns too, but instead of going insane, the person issuing one is led away into the woods and is lost there forever. He could tell me of no specific cases. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not Used 3 Withdrawn bully1, jack-blunt, jack-easy, jack's alive, jack-boat, jack curlew, curlew, jack fisherman, jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, jack root, blood root Checked by Jordyn Hughes on The 20 Aug 2015 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
jack o' lantern
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description jack 1 n Jack o' lanterns are balls of fire which race quickly over the ground, and the person who sees one will go insane. C. P. from Grand Bank.said that he had heard of jack o' lanterns too, but instead of going insane, the person issuing one is led away into the woods and is lost there forever. He could tell me of no specific cases. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Not Used 3 Withdrawn bully1, jack-blunt, jack-easy, jack's alive, jack-boat, jack curlew, curlew, jack fisherman, jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, jack root, blood root Checked by Jordyn Hughes on The 20 Aug 2015
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title jack o' lantern
title_short jack o' lantern
title_full jack o' lantern
title_fullStr jack o' lantern
title_full_unstemmed jack o' lantern
title_sort jack o' lantern
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38697
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 J
Valerie D. Oliver, 70-23/132
Burnt Point, C.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12971
J_12971_jack 1 n
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