_The Old Fellow_

old P. . . .Never scared in my life. Never scared in my life. But I did one time see _th' Old Feller_[PT], and heard un, with his _chain_. I was courtin' -she is there - before we were married. I was comin' from over the other side [of] the church there. _Dark_ as the pitch! Never afr...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61119
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/61119 2023-12-31T10:19:34+01:00 _The Old Fellow_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61119 eng eng O Cec Parrott (Winterton) T F11-6= F16 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13152 O_13152_old http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/61119 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z old P. . . .Never scared in my life. Never scared in my life. But I did one time see _th' Old Feller_[PT], and heard un, with his _chain_. I was courtin' -she is there - before we were married. I was comin' from over the other side [of] the church there. _Dark_ as the pitch! Never afraid yet! _Dark_ as pitch! I'm walkin' about two or three minutes. There's nothing come ahed.comin' towards me, only a rattle o' _chain_! "Now," I says, "I often hear talk o' _the Old Feller_ [PT] with his _chain_! Well now he's comin' now after me tonight!" He's still comin' and I'm out walkin' slow, 'cause I don't know which way to get clear un. But he's come! _THe Old Feller's_ [PT] comin' rattlin' his chain! And when I gets by the school there I meets un! It's _th'Old Feller_ [PT] all right! This was a dog with about six fathom o' _chain_ on him, and that goin' from one side the road to the other! Yeah. The only time I seen [HIM?] (in) my life! Yes _The "Old Feller"_ is comin', rattlin' his _chain!_ Frightening figure explained. (Winterton) 50 [check] J.WIDDOSON DNE-cit J WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I Used I 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
_The Old Fellow_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description old P. . . .Never scared in my life. Never scared in my life. But I did one time see _th' Old Feller_[PT], and heard un, with his _chain_. I was courtin' -she is there - before we were married. I was comin' from over the other side [of] the church there. _Dark_ as the pitch! Never afraid yet! _Dark_ as pitch! I'm walkin' about two or three minutes. There's nothing come ahed.comin' towards me, only a rattle o' _chain_! "Now," I says, "I often hear talk o' _the Old Feller_ [PT] with his _chain_! Well now he's comin' now after me tonight!" He's still comin' and I'm out walkin' slow, 'cause I don't know which way to get clear un. But he's come! _THe Old Feller's_ [PT] comin' rattlin' his chain! And when I gets by the school there I meets un! It's _th'Old Feller_ [PT] all right! This was a dog with about six fathom o' _chain_ on him, and that goin' from one side the road to the other! Yeah. The only time I seen [HIM?] (in) my life! Yes _The "Old Feller"_ is comin', rattlin' his _chain!_ Frightening figure explained. (Winterton) 50 [check] J.WIDDOSON DNE-cit J WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I Used I
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title _The Old Fellow_
title_short _The Old Fellow_
title_full _The Old Fellow_
title_fullStr _The Old Fellow_
title_full_unstemmed _The Old Fellow_
title_sort _the old fellow_
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Cec Parrott (Winterton) T F11-6= F16
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13152
O_13152_old
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