blast, a
blast Years ago [grandmother's time] when some people saw a person with some sort of skin sore or infection, they would say that that person had gotten "a blast". Here was a reference to the mischief which fairied caused. If a person was walking in the woods or in some other likely pl...
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6205 |
| Summary: | blast Years ago [grandmother's time] when some people saw a person with some sort of skin sore or infection, they would say that that person had gotten "a blast". Here was a reference to the mischief which fairied caused. If a person was walking in the woods or in some other likely place the fairies might throw something at them, or in other words give them "a blast". The result of this would be a sore on the skin. See cited quotation. JH 6/71 Used I Used I 2 Not used |
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