Bully Man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11941

bully2 n JW. .What.what about boys who weren't good,boys or girls who weren't good?Would he [ie _Santa Claus_] treat them differently or would you be told he would treat them differently? H. Yeah. Yeah.He was.if you were good,well you were goin' to get something good; if you were bad, you're liable to get _a rock in your stocking_ or a _piece o' coal_,or some- thing like this. JW. But you wouldn't feel particularly scared of him in.even though he came down [the chimney] an' wasnt particularly nice to nasty boys? H.Oh,this (would) be somethin'.this is a point, 'cause as you thought, you sort of remember some families,well,if you wereN'Tgood.Santa Claus could leave you a _lump o' coal_,you know,or he might take you off in his _sack_,you know,when you got in bed. (If) _Santa_ _Claus_ [ ] xxxxxx comes an' he finds outvyou're bad (he) might take you off in his _sack_ with him,you know,an'.yes he could.Pretty interesting here because he'd take you off in a sack an' could drop you off at _the Bully Man's_ house,you know,and.the Boo-man's [ ] house,an' so on. [ ] JW. So this might be generally used but you don't remember it used in your family,but he might be in fact in league with all the other characters like the _Boo-man_ (an') _the Bully Man_ in this sense? He had a power to carry off; he was unusual; he was different; he could fly around;he could see what you did. H.Oh yeah,yeah. He.well he was everywhere.He was in [the chimley] [ ],you know. You put your letters in the fire so that _Santa Claus_ [ ] in [the chimley] [ ] he'd OVER. Yes 1655 J. WIDDOSON DNE-cit [check] [check] Used I Used I Not used Santa Claus. Boo-man.Bully Man. See B_13624 for reverse. Phonetic transcriptions appear throughout quote, but aren't shown here because database can't reproduce symbols. Card is stamped DNE-cit, but its contents are not used.