stifled

stiffle v "As rough as the day Jackie Mills got stifled" - This is used by some of the older people in Old Perlican, Trinity Bay. Quite a while ago a man named Jackie Mills went out into a raging snowstorm and was smothered ("stifled") to death. Now, when the weather is particula...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48879
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/48879 2023-12-31T10:18:48+01:00 stifled 1970/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48879 eng eng S Edna Churley/64 Old Perlican References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20350 S_20350_stiffle v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48879 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z stiffle v "As rough as the day Jackie Mills got stifled" - This is used by some of the older people in Old Perlican, Trinity Bay. Quite a while ago a man named Jackie Mills went out into a raging snowstorm and was smothered ("stifled") to death. Now, when the weather is particularly bad, this saying is used. JH 4/70 Used I and Sup Used I Not used stiffelet . Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection 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
stifled
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description stiffle v "As rough as the day Jackie Mills got stifled" - This is used by some of the older people in Old Perlican, Trinity Bay. Quite a while ago a man named Jackie Mills went out into a raging snowstorm and was smothered ("stifled") to death. Now, when the weather is particularly bad, this saying is used. JH 4/70 Used I and Sup Used I Not used stiffelet .
format Manuscript
title stifled
title_short stifled
title_full stifled
title_fullStr stifled
title_full_unstemmed stifled
title_sort stifled
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48879
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 S
Edna Churley/64
Old Perlican
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
20350
S_20350_stiffle v
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