_pelting_

pelting _Folk Language_ "_The Rain is _pelting_down_". This is a term very frequently used by our family for as long as I can remember. My mother always uses it so I imagine that it originated on the Southern shore where she came from. It simply means that the rain is coming down very fast...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/62809 2023-12-31T10:14:52+01:00 _pelting_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62809 eng eng P 19 71-132 Colin E. Williams 20 R.C. St.John's, anytime July10, 1971 Mildred Williams Mother clerk 45 Whitless Bay St.John's, R.C. She heard it as a little girl in Whitless ?Bay. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16128 P_16128_pelting http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/62809 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 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z pelting _Folk Language_ "_The Rain is _pelting_down_". This is a term very frequently used by our family for as long as I can remember. My mother always uses it so I imagine that it originated on the Southern shore where she came from. It simply means that the rain is coming down very fast and hard and that it is a real storm. DICT CEN. Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description pelting _Folk Language_ "_The Rain is _pelting_down_". This is a term very frequently used by our family for as long as I can remember. My mother always uses it so I imagine that it originated on the Southern shore where she came from. It simply means that the rain is coming down very fast and hard and that it is a real storm. DICT CEN. Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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19 71-132
Colin E. Williams 20 R.C. St.John's, anytime July10, 1971 Mildred Williams Mother clerk 45 Whitless Bay St.John's, R.C. She heard it as a little girl in Whitless ?Bay.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16128
P_16128_pelting
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