- thing. ("Nix" used in
English c. 1780–1790, "
Nixie" c. 1880–1885.) In the 20th century, the term "
Nixie clerk"
referred to a
postal employee who determined...
- 313.
Others of this type
include "The Two Kings' Children", "The
Water Nixie", "Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter", "Nix
Nought Nothing"...
-
correspondence from
across the
country that may hint at a
supernatural situation.
Nixie (postal) Plain,
Brian C. (2006). The dead
letter office in Canada, 1830-2002:...
- Kent—picks up his ticket. At the last minute, the
clerk—acting on his
impulse because of the
Nixie—switches Kent's
ticket to be the same
compartment as...
-
monstrous in size, up to 2,000 feet (610 m). In
another short ballad, "
Clerk Colvill" (Child
ballad No. 42), the
mermaid seduces the
title character...
-
famous example is
Elveskud and its many
variants (paralleled in
English as
Clerk Colvill),
where a
woman from the elf
world tries to
tempt a
young knight...
-
employees and
retirees of the
United States Postal Service who
belong to the
Clerk, Maintenance,
Motor Vehicle, and
Support Services divisions. It also represents...
- J.
Withers suggests he was John
Benston or Beinston, an
Orkney bishop's
clerk; and
local historian Sigurd Towrie indicates he may have been John Bellenden...
- carrier.
Bukowski would,
under duress, quit and
years later return as a mail
clerk. His
personal account would detail the work at
lengths as frustrating, menial...
-
explained that many
experienced postal clerks were
going into the army, and the zone
system would enable inexperienced clerks to sort mail
without having to learn...
