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Quotation dates: 1903
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BOOSHERRA, n. A kind of talisman, used by Ork. fishermen (see quot.).Ork. 1903 G. Marwick Old Roman Plough (1936) 9:
A good large lump of it [a sinker stone on a fishing-line], especially if seamed or bored with the weather, was called a boosherra—or fish and wind charmer. The boosherra had to lie at the sun side of the outer door of the house to insure good luck and good winds for fishing.
[The word is not otherwise authenticated, and of obscure orig. if genuine.]
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