_Fistes_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/25616

fist v JW. What else.what other things would be around to make you be good like _the Boogie Man_? What sort o' things would _the Boogie Man_ be used to make you.make you be good for? For instance,would you be told,you know,'Get off to bed,or _the Boogie Man_ would come an' take you away? Or, 'Stop being naughty.' an'. VH. I.when I was small she ('d) say like, '_Do the dishes_!' An' it's.I'd say,you know,I'd keep in the corner an' say,'No.' An' then she('d) say, 'I'll tell _the Boogie Man_! I(ll tell (my) father to get _the Boogie Man_! ' [ PT ] [I] said, 'Okay, Mom!' [ie immediate acquiescence]. JW. And your mother used to say that then,right? VH. Yeah. FH.Or in. VH. An' she.she says it to Susan. JW. Yeah. VH When she won't go to bed,you know. JW. What does she say? VH. She say[s].when she won't go to bed she says she'll ring _the police_ [PT]. FH. An' one night when I was small,me an'. Vincent an' I were small,we wouldn't.we came in about nine o'clock.An' my mother told us,'You better get in;an' go to bed ! ' [PT]. We said;No.' An' (she) said 'There's a _Boogie Man_ out by the door! ' [PT] And so we went out an'. Vincent an' I went down. We put up our fists [PT] (an') look(ed) for the Boogie Man [PT] JW. He wasn't there,eh? FH. No he wasn't.we wasn't afraid. Yes J. WIDDOSON _The Boogie Man_. Threats etc. The police (St John's) (pronun) [check] [check] Used Sup Not used Not used