boo-bagger/boo-begger

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)",...

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Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11619 2023-12-31T10:14:32+01:00 boo-bagger/boo-begger xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11619 eng eng B J.D.A.Widdowson, 1972, Verbal Social Control -p.284 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4892 B_4892_boo n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11619 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z 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. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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boo-bagger/boo-begger
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description 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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title boo-bagger/boo-begger
title_short boo-bagger/boo-begger
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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J.D.A.Widdowson, 1972, Verbal Social Control
-p.284
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4892
B_4892_boo n
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