Mother Carey's chick

mother Leach's Petrel (Nfld.) (Middle term spelled also "Carew's" and "Cary's". "Chicken," a bird; for the remainder of the name a variety of derivations have been suggest- ed. One having dictionary sanction (NID) is that the term is an Anglicization of t...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40398
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/40398 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 Mother Carey's chick image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40398 eng eng M 1959 McATEE Folk Names of Can.Birds 4 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14408 M_14408_mother http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40398 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 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z mother Leach's Petrel (Nfld.) (Middle term spelled also "Carew's" and "Cary's". "Chicken," a bird; for the remainder of the name a variety of derivations have been suggest- ed. One having dictionary sanction (NID) is that the term is an Anglicization of the Latin, _Mater Cara_ (esteemed Mother) applied to the Virgin Mry, patroness of sailors. As these birds are regarded as portents of trouble, however, the connection does not seem too clear. A popular explanation is: "Mother Carew was an old witch. good at raising the wind.The sailors will not shoot [the petrels] on any account; they pay them great respect that their mother's wrath may not be roused." Mctaggart, 1829, 1:12) PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story June 1962 Used I and Sup Not used Not used 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
Mother Carey's chick
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mother Leach's Petrel (Nfld.) (Middle term spelled also "Carew's" and "Cary's". "Chicken," a bird; for the remainder of the name a variety of derivations have been suggest- ed. One having dictionary sanction (NID) is that the term is an Anglicization of the Latin, _Mater Cara_ (esteemed Mother) applied to the Virgin Mry, patroness of sailors. As these birds are regarded as portents of trouble, however, the connection does not seem too clear. A popular explanation is: "Mother Carew was an old witch. good at raising the wind.The sailors will not shoot [the petrels] on any account; they pay them great respect that their mother's wrath may not be roused." Mctaggart, 1829, 1:12) PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story June 1962 Used I and Sup Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title Mother Carey's chick
title_short Mother Carey's chick
title_full Mother Carey's chick
title_fullStr Mother Carey's chick
title_full_unstemmed Mother Carey's chick
title_sort mother carey's chick
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40398
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 M
1959 McATEE Folk Names of Can.Birds 4
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14408
M_14408_mother
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40398
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