Timeline: 1816-2003 CB NL Folklore, Superstion, Novels, Surnames.. 1974....McClelland and Stewart Limited printed the original 1858 Novel by R.T.S.Lowell (started while living in BR and finished in 1857 when the author was 41 yrs. of age)...ISBN 0-7710-9201-6. The introduction was written by the 35 year old Mr. Patrick O�Flaherty of MUN. Here are excerpts from the introduction: 1816...Lowell was Born in Boston 1813...Lowell graduated from Harvard University 1843-1847....Lowell lived at Bay Roberts 1845...Lowell married Mary Ann Duane of Duanesburg, N.Y. 1847...�On January 13, 1847, a daughter, Harriet Brackett Spence, was born to them at Bay Roberts� 1847....�Lowell�s Newfoundland ministry ended in July, 1847. 1891....�He died in 1891�. �If he had used his fine talents as a writer to describe those experiences, he might have left us what we still do not have: a great Newfoundland novel.� (Using the 1835 Voter's List, BMD Parish records, Plantation Book records, family folklore etc. I am working to identify all the 1857 Novel Characters of Bay Harbour and Peterport. lghr Nov.3,2003) 1975......Student, Philip Hiscock, wrote a paper which was published by his professor: Here are his current comments on his own writing at that time. � Thanks for your message the other day asking about some specific bits of information from my nearly thirty-year-old paper on Lowell's New Priest. I wrote it for an undergraduate university course in English (on Newfoundland Literature) in 1975. When my Linguistics professor (Harold Paddock) was putting together a book on language study in Newfoundland he asked if I would let him include it. Thus it found its way into his book, a collection of readings for other students in Linguistics classes. It was never meant to be a scholarly work of history of the sort that is published in peer-reviewed journals, but rather an essay into understanding how a 19th-century novelist might use local language in his work. In the twenty years since I acquired a copy of that book, I'm afraid I have not thought often of the paper. It went on a shelf and when Burton asked me if I had a copy of it, it took me some time to find it. The contents of the paper may be a great deal fresher in your head than in mine. Certainly the contents of the Lowell novel are fresher in your head than mine! Since 1975 a lot of work has been done by professonal historians and amateur genealogists, bringing together a great deal of information about the history of Conception Bay, information that simply was not available 28 years ago, and especially not to a student putting together a paper for a thirteen-week university course. Today, I am a professor at Memorial University but not in History, nor English or Linguistics; I teach Folklore. � 1977....edition of Webster�s New Collegiate Dictionary def. SUPERSTITION 1a: �a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation.� 1989...Breakwater Books, St. John�s NL printed a novel titled �Priest of God� by Patrick O�Flaherty ( age 50 yrs.) ISBN 0-920911-83-8. The back of the book records these words. � Patrick O�Flaherty is a Newfoundland-born writer. This is his third work of fiction. �A Small Place in the Sun� a collection of his short stories, was also published in 1989.� �A doubting priest, a divided Newfoundland community, a Catholic church in crisis, and a terrible accident that costs a thirteen-year-old boy his life: these are the ingredients out of which novelist Patrick O�Flaherty weaves his story of conspiracy and evil. �Pirest of God� is a gripping and occasionally frightening story. Yet there are also humorous moments, as ordinary people who are caught up in the web of deceit and betrayal step forward to take their place in this drama that the author has created for our delight.� Surnames of some of the characters in the 1989 Novel. Anstey Burden Burke Dillon Doyle Driscoll Fagan Finn Jenkins Lane McCarthy McIsaac Noel Pearce Reilly Ryan Shears Snow Squires For the records, I am thankful, whatever the causation or motivation. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/