_sheleen_

sheleen One Sunday morning in church last year I was using my mother's hymn book. Suddenly I came across two wings which I recognized as belonging to a common insect which we call a sheleen. It is about two inches long with big wings. When I went home I asked about this. Mother said that the tw...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57337
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/57337 2023-12-31T10:17:05+01:00 _sheleen_ 1968/11/20 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57337 eng eng S 55 69 -16 John Green Eng 390 20 Chance Cove T-B. Mrs. Wallace Green (mother) 55 Chance Cove Parents Chance Cove 1930 Chance Cove, 1967 Nov 20/68 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 23019 S_23019_sheleen http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57337 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 1968 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z sheleen One Sunday morning in church last year I was using my mother's hymn book. Suddenly I came across two wings which I recognized as belonging to a common insect which we call a sheleen. It is about two inches long with big wings. When I went home I asked about this. Mother said that the two wings are suspposed to bring good luck. She said she never had any bad luck (OVER) DNE-cit NOV 21 1968 [check] Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'shoe lander'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Stamped but not used. I think the content there is more to the citation, continued somewhere else e.g. on reverse of card, there is a stamp '(OVER)' Manuscript Newfoundland 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
_sheleen_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sheleen One Sunday morning in church last year I was using my mother's hymn book. Suddenly I came across two wings which I recognized as belonging to a common insect which we call a sheleen. It is about two inches long with big wings. When I went home I asked about this. Mother said that the two wings are suspposed to bring good luck. She said she never had any bad luck (OVER) DNE-cit NOV 21 1968 [check] Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'shoe lander'] NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Stamped but not used. I think the content there is more to the citation, continued somewhere else e.g. on reverse of card, there is a stamp '(OVER)'
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title _sheleen_
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title_full _sheleen_
title_fullStr _sheleen_
title_full_unstemmed _sheleen_
title_sort _sheleen_
publishDate 1968
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57337
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
55 69 -16
John Green Eng 390 20 Chance Cove T-B. Mrs. Wallace Green (mother) 55 Chance Cove Parents Chance Cove 1930 Chance Cove, 1967 Nov 20/68
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
23019
S_23019_sheleen
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