_Sheila's Day_

sheila n Sheila's Day Miss O'Leary remembers an old saying that people both young and old would say on March 18; "Patty walks the shores around\ And Sheila follows in a long white gown."\According to Miss O'Leary snow usually falls on the 18 of March, and the saying is that...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/54939 2023-12-31T10:18:41+01:00 _Sheila's Day_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54939 eng eng S 73 - 98 Bill Neville 23 R.C. St. John's 1933 1973 Miss M. O'Leary friend seamstress 56 Portugal Cove South St. John's R.C. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15935 S_15935_sheila n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54939 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 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z sheila n Sheila's Day Miss O'Leary remembers an old saying that people both young and old would say on March 18; "Patty walks the shores around\ And Sheila follows in a long white gown."\According to Miss O'Leary snow usually falls on the 18 of March, and the saying is that on this day, Patty (St. Patrick) walks the shores and Sheila follows after him leaving a blanket of snow behind her. Sheila's white gown apparently is the blanket of snow. Miss O'Leary doesn't know who Sheila is or where she comes from; all she knows is that Sheila has something to do with St. Patrick. DNE-cit FEB 19 1973 [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I sheelah, sheilagh, sheelagh, sheiler, Sheelah, BRUSH, sheila's blush, PATRICK'S BRUSH, sheila, LINER, PATRICK'S BATCH, ~ BROOM/brush/day. NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. The source is listed as C 73-98in DNE and 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's Day_
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description sheila n Sheila's Day Miss O'Leary remembers an old saying that people both young and old would say on March 18; "Patty walks the shores around\ And Sheila follows in a long white gown."\According to Miss O'Leary snow usually falls on the 18 of March, and the saying is that on this day, Patty (St. Patrick) walks the shores and Sheila follows after him leaving a blanket of snow behind her. Sheila's white gown apparently is the blanket of snow. Miss O'Leary doesn't know who Sheila is or where she comes from; all she knows is that Sheila has something to do with St. Patrick. DNE-cit FEB 19 1973 [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I sheelah, sheilagh, sheelagh, sheiler, Sheelah, BRUSH, sheila's blush, PATRICK'S BRUSH, sheila, LINER, PATRICK'S BATCH, ~ BROOM/brush/day. NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. The source is listed as C 73-98in DNE and only part of the cited quotation on card is in DNE.
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73 - 98
Bill Neville 23 R.C. St. John's 1933 1973 Miss M. O'Leary friend seamstress 56 Portugal Cove South St. John's R.C.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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