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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6205
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/6205 2023-12-31T10:19:15+01:00 blast, a 1971/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6205 eng eng B Mercedes Ryan, 68-19/80 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4310 B_4310_blast http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6205 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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blast, a
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title_full_unstemmed blast, a
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
Mercedes Ryan, 68-19/80
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4310
B_4310_blast
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