| Summary: | boo n JW. What about some threats using _the Devil_? Would _the Devil_ be used for _things about religion_,for _not doing good_? H.Oh yes,certainly. JW. An' what sort threats would be used? H. 'If you go (to) _steal_,_the Devil_ will have you! ' [ ]or,' you _don't do what I tell you_, well that's it!You.you'll go to _hell_ for xxx sure! [ ].Used by _the Teachers_ [ ],too,you know! JW. Really? H. Mmm-mm. JW. Yeah.An' what sort o' things._the teachers_ used(it) in the same sort of way: for not:_not doing good things_,_not_ _doing Christian things_? H. Yes. JW. And you've said now,'I'll give you to [the Boogie Man] or the /Boo Man/, '_The Devil_ will have you! ' What about 'take','take you away','carry you away'an' the other ways they say this?Is it usually,'Will have you! ' and 'I'll give you to him' or what? H.Mm.It.it isn't very plain in my memory,this [Boogie Man][ ]](an')/Boo Man/ / / but. JW.Yeah.But no-one would give you to _the Devil_? H. No. JW. But they would give you to /the Boo Man/ or [the Boogie Man]? H. Yes. JW. Now.an' _the Devil_ would come along himself and have you? This seems to be a different sort of,you know,this is perhaps pushing it too far,but.? H. Well, it seemd to me that the._the Devil_ [ ] was associated with the after-life. JW.Yeah. H. .moreso than anything else. JW. Did anyone ever give you a picture of what _the Devil_ was like,say,in Sunday school or.? H. Oh,we were.oh yes,certainly. _The Devil_. [ ] JW. What sort of a picture would be.would be pai nted OVER. The Devil Hell etc. SATAN. ANTICHRIST. Yes 27 J. WIDDOSON [check] [check] [check] Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used _The Devil_ _Hell_ etc. _SATAN_ _ANTICHRIST_ Phonetic transcriptions appear throughout quote; they are not transcribed here becuase the database cannot reproduce all symbols. 'OVER.' is written at bottom right corner of card, but nothing is on reverse - card is pasted to an index card.
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