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- Storm petrels, thought by sailors to be the souls of dead seamen, are called Mother Carey's chickens. Giant petrels are known as Mother Carey's geese.
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The book tells the story of a poor-but-happy family of four children who, in spite of being fatherless, make the lives of others better. Their home life becomes complicated when Julia, a snobbish cousin, comes to live with them.
Aug 13, 2017 · meaning and origin of ‘Mother Carey’s chicken’. Of nautical origin, the term Mother Carey’s chicken designates the storm petrel. It is first attested in An Account of a Voyage round the World, in the years MDCCLXVI, MDCCLXVII, MDCCLXVIII, and MDCCLXIX.
Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggins' Mother Carey's Chickens.
The book tells the story of a poor but happy family of four children who, in spite of being fatherless, make the lives of others better. Their home life becomes complicated when Julia, a snobbish cousin, comes to live with them.
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Storm petrels, thought by sailors to be the souls of dead seamen, are called Mother Carey's chickens. Giant petrels are known as Mother Carey's geese. In The Seaman's Manual (1790), by Lt. Robert Wilson (RN), the term Mother Carey's children is defined as "a name given by English sailors to birds which they suppose are fore-runners of a storm."
Mother Carey's Chickens: Directed by Rowland V. Lee. With Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter. An 1890s widow has two daughters and two sons. The daughters fall in love with the same gentleman.
