Sheila's Brush
sheila n Perhaps the most memorable of those occasions was on the night of "Sheila's Brush," which is to say the 18th of March. Newfoundland has two "brushes," Patrick's and Sheila's; that is to say, storms supposed to be con- nected with the birthday of St Patrick...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/44305 2023-12-31T10:18:23+01:00 Sheila's Brush 1976/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44305 eng eng S 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 124 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15937 S_15937_sheila n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44305 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z sheila n Perhaps the most memorable of those occasions was on the night of "Sheila's Brush," which is to say the 18th of March. Newfoundland has two "brushes," Patrick's and Sheila's; that is to say, storms supposed to be con- nected with the birthday of St Patrick and that of his wife. Equinoctial storms, I suppose we should call them. Any storms at about that time, are named in honour of those two saints. The word "brush" is not always used, however; you will hear Newfoundlanders say: "We have our Sheila dis time o' year." or: " 'Bout time for our Patrick." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit OCT 1976 W.J.KIRWIN JH OCT 1976 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I sheelah, sheilagh, sheelagh, sheiler, Sheelah, BRUSH, PATRICK'S BRUSH, sheila, LINER, PATRICK'S BATCH, ~ BROOM/brush/day. Only part of the cited quotation on card is in DNE. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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sheila n Perhaps the most memorable of those occasions was on the night of "Sheila's Brush," which is to say the 18th of March. Newfoundland has two "brushes," Patrick's and Sheila's; that is to say, storms supposed to be con- nected with the birthday of St Patrick and that of his wife. Equinoctial storms, I suppose we should call them. Any storms at about that time, are named in honour of those two saints. The word "brush" is not always used, however; you will hear Newfoundlanders say: "We have our Sheila dis time o' year." or: " 'Bout time for our Patrick." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit OCT 1976 W.J.KIRWIN JH OCT 1976 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I sheelah, sheilagh, sheelagh, sheiler, Sheelah, BRUSH, PATRICK'S BRUSH, sheila, LINER, PATRICK'S BATCH, ~ BROOM/brush/day. Only part of the cited quotation on card is in DNE. |
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S 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 124 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15937 S_15937_sheila n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44305 |
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