_thunder_

thunder "Like a pig before thunder" _Folk language_ This was a saying used in Cape La Hune(community no longer in existence) I can resemble my mother saying it to us when we were children. If we did something in a hurried, careless way, she would would use the expression. For instance if m...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72175 2023-12-31T10:17:21+01:00 _thunder_ xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72175 eng eng T 51 71 -94 Frank Dominie Folklore 3400 34 Cape La Hune Port aux Basques Sarah Dominnie mother House Wife 58 same Unknown from memory July 3/71. COL.NO._2_ References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16538 T_16538_thunder http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72175 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 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z thunder "Like a pig before thunder" _Folk language_ This was a saying used in Cape La Hune(community no longer in existence) I can resemble my mother saying it to us when we were children. If we did something in a hurried, careless way, she would would use the expression. For instance if my sister was forced to do the dishes and in her haste to get them done she broke a dish my mother would usually grumble at her in a critical manner telling her that she was like a pig before thunder. It was used in much the same way as we now use " like a bull in a China shop Yes DICT CEN. P JW Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description thunder "Like a pig before thunder" _Folk language_ This was a saying used in Cape La Hune(community no longer in existence) I can resemble my mother saying it to us when we were children. If we did something in a hurried, careless way, she would would use the expression. For instance if my sister was forced to do the dishes and in her haste to get them done she broke a dish my mother would usually grumble at her in a critical manner telling her that she was like a pig before thunder. It was used in much the same way as we now use " like a bull in a China shop Yes DICT CEN. P JW Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY
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51 71 -94
Frank Dominie Folklore 3400 34 Cape La Hune Port aux Basques Sarah Dominnie mother House Wife 58 same Unknown from memory July 3/71. COL.NO._2_
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16538
T_16538_thunder
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