_Spy Wednesday_

spy n,v _"Spy" Wednesday_ is the name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding Maundy Thursday. My mother is the only person I have heard use the term. I remember that once, when she told me I was born on Spy Wednesday, I asked her why the day was so named. She said that she [reverse]...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1967
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52091
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/52091 2023-12-31T10:18:41+01:00 _Spy Wednesday_ 1967/04/06 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52091 eng eng S 63 67-21 Jean Verge English 340 20 Harbour Grace Mother, Margaret Verge housewife 48 Hr. Grace Harbour Grace at Hr. Grace, about 10 years ago April 5, 1967 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 19377 S_19377_spy n,v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52091 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 1967 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z spy n,v _"Spy" Wednesday_ is the name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding Maundy Thursday. My mother is the only person I have heard use the term. I remember that once, when she told me I was born on Spy Wednesday, I asked her why the day was so named. She said that she [reverse] supposed it was because on that day the Jews sent out men to spy on Christ and see if there were any way of capturing him. My mother was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, and I imagine that is why no one else in the family uses the term "Spy Wednesday," since my father and most of our relatives are either Anglicans or United Church people. DNE-cit DICT CEN. APR 6 1967 Wednesday ( Explanation legend) Used I and Sup Used I Used I spy bucket, ~ glass, spy master, ~ Barrel master, ~ top, LOOK-OUT NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY source listed in DNE as C 67-21 Reverse of card at S_19378 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_Spy Wednesday_
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description spy n,v _"Spy" Wednesday_ is the name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding Maundy Thursday. My mother is the only person I have heard use the term. I remember that once, when she told me I was born on Spy Wednesday, I asked her why the day was so named. She said that she [reverse] supposed it was because on that day the Jews sent out men to spy on Christ and see if there were any way of capturing him. My mother was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, and I imagine that is why no one else in the family uses the term "Spy Wednesday," since my father and most of our relatives are either Anglicans or United Church people. DNE-cit DICT CEN. APR 6 1967 Wednesday ( Explanation legend) Used I and Sup Used I Used I spy bucket, ~ glass, spy master, ~ Barrel master, ~ top, LOOK-OUT NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY source listed in DNE as C 67-21 Reverse of card at S_19378
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title_full _Spy Wednesday_
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Jean Verge English 340 20 Harbour Grace Mother, Margaret Verge housewife 48 Hr. Grace Harbour Grace at Hr. Grace, about 10 years ago April 5, 1967
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
19377
S_19377_spy n,v
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