10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN»
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Novel from the Victorian British author George Manville Fenn.
George Manville Fenn, 2008
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A Bibliography of English Etymology
1968a. the Etymology of petrel, Mother Carey's chicken and narwhal. ZAA 16:
285-90. ——— . 1968b. is there Any Evidence for oE weargincel “butcher bird”?
Frr 16: 102-8. ——— . 1968c. on Celtic loan Words in modern English 2. ZAA 16:
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Anatoly Liberman, Ari Hoptman, Nathan E. Carlson, 2010
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
..OS Mr. J. Bennett's b. m. Our Bess, 8st. 61b. (Holland) .. .. 0 feD. Mr. Marsh's br. f.
Mother Carey's Chicken, three years old, 7*t. 101b. (Sharp) . . 2 dr. Mr. Hartley na.
b. m. sister to Moss-trooper, by Liverpool, five years old, Sst. 121b. (Kennedy).
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Second Edition with ...
Cp OED chicken 4: Mother Carey's chicken (1767–); DC Carey: Carey's chick (
Nfld: 1953–); see also PALL CAREY for sense 1. 1 Variety of petrel, esp northern
Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa). [1937] 1940 DOYLE (ed) 11 “Two ...
W.J. Kirwin, G. M. Story, J.D.A. Widdowson, 1990
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Mother Carey's Chicken, an old name, but one which only appears in writing at
around the same time as stormy petrel. It is agreed that it refers to the biblical
Mary, perhaps with the implication of warding off evil, but the derivation is
debated.
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
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Notes on the West Indies: written during the expedition ...
The superstition respecting the flight of a bird, which they call mother Carey's
chicken, is peculiarly strong. This is a black small bird with long wings, which flies
swiftly and very near the water. It only appears, they fay, in stormy weather, and ...
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
—Mother Carey's Chicken. PLATE CCLXX. Male and Female. Tail even ; bill and
feet black, but the webs yellow, unless at the margin ; plumage dark greyish-
brown ; quills and tail brownish-hlack ; outer secondary wing-coverts and some of
...
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Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, ...
suggests that the name 'Mother Carey's chicken', now fallen into disuse, referred
particularly to Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, a bird that is easily
identifiable while feeding because it will 'walk on water' more than other storm ...
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INCIDENTS OF A WHALING VOYAGE
... "Mother Carey's chicken," was formerly regarded with superstitious fancies by
the mariner. The appearance of these birds in great numbers, was supposed to
be indicative of the coming storm, and while their presence was a bad omen and
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FRANCIS ALLYN OLMSTED, 1841
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Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the Nature, Habits, ...
Mother Carey's Chicken. The Stormy Petrel or Mother Carey's Chicken, is a small
black bird well known to mariners, and familiar to all at sea in stormy weather. It
follows in the wake of ships and is regarded as a prophet of evil, at least in so far
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“Mother Carey's chicken” – which I first mistook for “Mariah Carey's chicken.” If you had to take one entry out of the dictionary to make room for ... «New York Times, Jan 11»
