Mother Carey's chickens

mother Said Jack Dodd, "We were surrounded by thousands of Mother Carey's chickens which always seem to gather in a fog, and the sharks were so numerous they were snapping at our oars." [Recognized by H. Trickett (born in Spout Cove) and Mrs. A. (Clark) Trickett (Spaniard's Bay),...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42905
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/42905 2023-12-31T10:19:13+01:00 Mother Carey's chickens image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42905 eng eng M 1964 Newfoundland Woman Vol. 3 No. 2 10 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14409 M_14409_mother http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42905 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 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z mother Said Jack Dodd, "We were surrounded by thousands of Mother Carey's chickens which always seem to gather in a fog, and the sharks were so numerous they were snapping at our oars." [Recognized by H. Trickett (born in Spout Cove) and Mrs. A. (Clark) Trickett (Spaniard's Bay), who seemed to call them Ma Carey's chickens, or McCarey's chickens. H. Trickett said they had an awful smell around them, and were a sign of a storm. (A type of petrel.)] WK Oct 20 64 Used I and Sup Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Mother Carey's chickens
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mother Said Jack Dodd, "We were surrounded by thousands of Mother Carey's chickens which always seem to gather in a fog, and the sharks were so numerous they were snapping at our oars." [Recognized by H. Trickett (born in Spout Cove) and Mrs. A. (Clark) Trickett (Spaniard's Bay), who seemed to call them Ma Carey's chickens, or McCarey's chickens. H. Trickett said they had an awful smell around them, and were a sign of a storm. (A type of petrel.)] WK Oct 20 64 Used I and Sup Not used Not used
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title Mother Carey's chickens
title_short Mother Carey's chickens
title_full Mother Carey's chickens
title_fullStr Mother Carey's chickens
title_full_unstemmed Mother Carey's chickens
title_sort mother carey's chickens
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation M
1964 Newfoundland Woman Vol. 3 No. 2 10
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14409
M_14409_mother
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