Patrick's Brush

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...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65287
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65287 2023-12-31T10:18:12+01:00 Patrick's Brush 1976/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65287 eng eng P 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 124 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15486 P_15486_patricks n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65287 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Patrick's Brush
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title Patrick's Brush
title_short Patrick's Brush
title_full Patrick's Brush
title_fullStr Patrick's Brush
title_full_unstemmed Patrick's Brush
title_sort patrick's brush
publishDate 1976
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1924 ENGLAND Vikings 124
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15486
P_15486_patricks n
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