Boo-baggers

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10645

boo n JW. AND what about the Boo-baggers which you have here as the first one? What did they.what did you used to think.THOUGHT.they looked|like?What did they seem like to you? H.Well I never.I didn't.I didn't have the faintest clue what they xxx looked like,an' I think this is what frightened me most about them. JW. So you never ever had.even an idea of a vague shape?They were just 'something'. H. No.They were just 'something.' JW. And how would they be used?You.you've got two or three examples here, that they were coming'and.a person was goin' to send for them.Do you remember any particular instances about those from your. H. Yeah,well I.I don't remember.I.I remember.this is used a lot with very small children,say,two.two or three years (AN') over .I was going to say two-three years old THEN ! - when,you see,they're crying, or something and the mother wants to stop them from crying, she might say,'Stop crying or the Boo-baggers ['LL] come! ' [ ] JW. And this would stop then at a certain age? The child wouldn't be told about the Boo-baggers after a certain age, it's just for very young children,you would think? H. Yeah. JW. .according to that. H. Mm-mm.[ie Yes]. Yes 1136 J. WIDDOSON _Boo-baggers_. [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used [see 'boo-beggars] The phonetic transcription in quote is not transcribed here becuase the database cannot reproduce all symbols.