Mother Carey's chicken

mother "As lousy as a 'Mother Carey's chicken'" - A small bird which comes to some islands on the south coast, and are infested with lice. This is a very common expression to my home village. Jh 4/70 Used I and Sup Not used Not used

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56150
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56150 2023-12-31T10:17:56+01:00 Mother Carey's chicken image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56150 eng eng M William J. O'Brien/63 Witless Bay References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14410 M_14410_mother http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56150 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z mother "As lousy as a 'Mother Carey's chicken'" - A small bird which comes to some islands on the south coast, and are infested with lice. This is a very common expression to my home village. Jh 4/70 Used I and Sup Not used Not used 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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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Mother Carey's chicken
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mother "As lousy as a 'Mother Carey's chicken'" - A small bird which comes to some islands on the south coast, and are infested with lice. This is a very common expression to my home village. Jh 4/70 Used I and Sup Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title Mother Carey's chicken
title_short Mother Carey's chicken
title_full Mother Carey's chicken
title_fullStr Mother Carey's chicken
title_full_unstemmed Mother Carey's chicken
title_sort mother carey's chicken
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56150
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 M
William J. O'Brien/63 Witless Bay
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14410
M_14410_mother
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56150
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