_told_ away by fairies

toll v Every now and again when I was a boy somebody would get lost on the barrens or in the woods while berry-picking. As soon as the word got around the older people would be sure to say that the lost people were tolled away by fairies. Presumably the word "told" was meant to be "to...

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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/75666
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/75666 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 _told_ away by fairies 1971/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75666 eng eng T Marcus Hopkins, 70-15/106 Heart's Desire, T.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14521 T_14521_toll v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75666 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 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z toll v Every now and again when I was a boy somebody would get lost on the barrens or in the woods while berry-picking. As soon as the word got around the older people would be sure to say that the lost people were tolled away by fairies. Presumably the word "told" was meant to be "towed" away. . . . My grandmother had talked with people who had strayed away and they always said that they hadn't seen the fairires but had heard "voices beckoning them telling them which way to go". DNE-cit JH 10/71 [Note added by HH: told=tolled] Used I and Sup Not used Used I [see 'fairy towed (told?)', 'tole', 'toler, 'toll'] Slip contents partially cited. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_told_ away by fairies
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description toll v Every now and again when I was a boy somebody would get lost on the barrens or in the woods while berry-picking. As soon as the word got around the older people would be sure to say that the lost people were tolled away by fairies. Presumably the word "told" was meant to be "towed" away. . . . My grandmother had talked with people who had strayed away and they always said that they hadn't seen the fairires but had heard "voices beckoning them telling them which way to go". DNE-cit JH 10/71 [Note added by HH: told=tolled] Used I and Sup Not used Used I [see 'fairy towed (told?)', 'tole', 'toler, 'toll'] Slip contents partially cited.
format Manuscript
title _told_ away by fairies
title_short _told_ away by fairies
title_full _told_ away by fairies
title_fullStr _told_ away by fairies
title_full_unstemmed _told_ away by fairies
title_sort _told_ away by fairies
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/75666
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation T
Marcus Hopkins, 70-15/106
Heart's Desire, T.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14521
T_14521_toll v
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