banshee

banshee . . . they heard the banshee cry ( an old Irish sign of death). They heard noises too, saying "Oh, my,what'll we do? Oh, my, what'll we do?" This was"the good people" (or ghosts of the good dead) coming from Mrs. Mam. They knew she would soon die - she'd be...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5846
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/5846 2023-12-31T10:18:55+01:00 banshee 1972/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5846 eng eng B Mary Power, 71-26/35 Branch References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 10448 B_10448_banshee http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5846 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z banshee . . . they heard the banshee cry ( an old Irish sign of death). They heard noises too, saying "Oh, my,what'll we do? Oh, my, what'll we do?" This was"the good people" (or ghosts of the good dead) coming from Mrs. Mam. They knew she would soon die - she'd been sick for a long time - and sure enough, the next day she died. ( an old Irish sign of death) FEB 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)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
banshee
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description banshee . . . they heard the banshee cry ( an old Irish sign of death). They heard noises too, saying "Oh, my,what'll we do? Oh, my, what'll we do?" This was"the good people" (or ghosts of the good dead) coming from Mrs. Mam. They knew she would soon die - she'd been sick for a long time - and sure enough, the next day she died. ( an old Irish sign of death) FEB 1972 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title banshee
title_short banshee
title_full banshee
title_fullStr banshee
title_full_unstemmed banshee
title_sort banshee
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5846
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 B
Mary Power, 71-26/35 Branch
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
10448
B_10448_banshee
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