| Summary: | boo n 86_OED_. 87Some of the Newfoundland reports suggest that the figure is thought of as putting children in a bag and taking them away. See A77.20, A77.31 and A77.58 below. The motif is also found in folk narratives. See, for example, Motif G 441, "Ogre carries victim in bag (basket)", in Thompson, _Motif-Index_, III, 354. 88Professor Kirwin draws my attention to the general lowering of /E/ to /ae/ in English West Country dialects which probably account for these variant pronunciations in Newfoundland usage. (card (b)) -p.284 (PTO) Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used See B_13498 for reverse. This is the second in a seven-card series, from cards B_4891 to B_4897.
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