boo man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12009

boo n A81.47. "Go to sleep or [the] boo-man will get you." (St. John's) Q67-1294. A81.48. My grandmother used to be scared by the boo- man, and she used this figure to get her own children to behave, saying, "The boo-man will have you." (Harbour Grace) Q67-1234. A81.49. .they would say, "The Boo-man'll have you if you don't be good!" [ ] (Happy Adventure) T C33,64-10. A81.50. .'tis used now.I think people used it without any thought of what results it could bring, because my mother used to use it. I'm sure she didn't use it to hurt anybody! But 'twas just common usage. Probably she'd call out an' say.if, probably my brother an' I were sleeping together, an'.we were makin' noise, or throwing pillows or something around, [she'd] call out an' say, "If you don't go to sleep the Boo-man will have you!" (Greenspond) T C361,67-31. Yes Card (D) (PTO) Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used See B_13511 for reverse. This is the third in a four-card series, from B_4909 to B_4912. Phonetic transcriptions appear on lines 8 and 9 of quote, but are not shown here because database cannot reproduce necessary symbols.