| Summary: | patrick n Perhaps the most memorable of those occasions was on the night of "Sheila's Brush," which to say the 18th of March. Newfoundland has two "brushes," Patrick's and Sheila's; that is to say, storms supposed to be con- nected with the birthday of St. Patrick and that of his wife. Equinoctial storms, I suppose we should call them. Any storms at about that time, are named in honour of those two saints. The word "brush" is not always used, however; you will hear Newfoundlanders say: "We have our Sheila dis time o'year'" or: "Bout time for our Patrick." OCT 1976 W.J. KIRWIN JH OCT 1976 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used paddy, st patrick,patrick's day, ~ night,patrick's pot,patrick's batch,broom, ~ brush,~ snap,NID,Paddies ,BATCH, BRUSH
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