Bully-boo

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11510

bully2 n JW. Do you know this term '_Boo-bagger_' ? G. I've heard it. JW. Any idea what it might mean,roughly?Is it rather like the _Boo-man_ or.? G. I think it is. JW. Something ghostly? G. I think it is,but I don't know. I think it might be probably I just asked someone did they hear of those words,they'vejust mentioned that word,for _the Boo-man_ [ ]. JW. An' what about '_Bully-boo_' ? G. No,I've never heard it. JW. An' what about '_Boo_,' of _Boos_ in your hair meaning _lice_,or _Boos_ else- where? G. BOOS [ ] Oh yes. JW. Yeah. Now is.is _Boo_ always in the plural when you're talking about something in your nose AN' something in your hair! Or IS IT.might you talk about '_a Boo_' or would you talk about '_Boos_' all the time? G. I'm.looking for a.it may be in the singular,I think,sometimes,but I think usually it was the plural FORM. JW. An' so you've heard '_Boo-man_'. Now you.you've never heard anything like '_Big Boo_ would come an' get you away' or ['Boo] would take you away? G. No. JW. So it was _the Boo-man_,an' these things are quite different? they're _lice_ or something,xx xxother horrible things. G.Yes. JW. .which are called '_Boos_.' 1178 J. WIDDOSON Used I Used I Not used _Boos._ _Bully-boo._ _Boo-bagger_. Phonetic transcriptions appear in quote, but are not shown here because database can't reproduce symbols.