_scatter time_

scattered p ppl Folk Language. My mother would always use the expresion "a _scatter time_". She would say. There's a scatter time when I feel like going berry picking. It meant only now & then do I feel like berry picking. Or he was home a scatter time - now & then. Yes DICT C...

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Summary:scattered p ppl Folk Language. My mother would always use the expresion "a _scatter time_". She would say. There's a scatter time when I feel like going berry picking. It meant only now & then do I feel like berry picking. Or he was home a scatter time - now & then. Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I Not used scatter, scattering, numerous NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY