| Summary: | sewell n in old English a scarecrow, especially in order to turn deer. It generally consisted of feathers hung up, which by their fluttering scared those timid animals. The Red Indians of New- foundland suspended from poles steamers of birch-bark for the same pur- pose, and in old writings on Newfoundland I have seen the word. But as the present generation do not follow the practice, it is not now in gen- eral use. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1959 Used I Used I 1 Used I sewel, shewell, DEER FENCE, scarecrow, ~ stick/twine. The source is listed as 1896 J A Folklore ix, 24 in DNE and only part of the cited quotation on the card is in DNE.
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