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“Hearing them that early would drive me mad! janny wrote:. .and hear them ever morning 4.30/5. 00am.”
“A good janny is seldom noticed but knows everything.”
“November 23, 2009 - 6: 37pm janny smith Says: why is he such a manCHILD?”
“I'm not here to tell you I'm going to do this," he said to two old dears in Dennistoun, who probably thought he was the janny at the polling station.”
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chained_bear Newfoundland English, verb, or noun, plural jannies. "Elaborately costumed person who participates in various group activities at Christmas; fool, mummer. 1896 J. A. Folklore ix, 36, 'Old teaks and jannies, boys and men who turn out in various disguises and carry on various pranks during the Christmas holidays, which last from 25th December to Old Christmas day, 6th January.' 1928 Newfoundland Quarterly, Dec, p. 15: 'The merry party of 'Jannies,' or 'Mummers' made the welkin ring with their weird shouts and cries and their 'false faces' sent many a frightened child in haste to its mother's knee.'" Also jennies, janneys, johnny. See also janny-night and janny-talk.
--from Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition.
Dec 31, 2007