Janney-Boos

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38390

janny n A71. _Janney-Boos_ [PT]. 85 A71.1. Well I always used to tell her, you know, when she was real small, "Now if you don't be good the Janney-Boos'll have you!" [PT] . She was always frightened of the Janney-Boos . Oh well sometimes she'd say, "Where do the Janney-Boos come from?". I'd say "Harbour le Cou!" harbour le Cou: that's where all the Janneys used to always come from when they come in, you know. 85 In the single report of this figure it is clearly related to the Christmas mummers who are known as Janneys. See B7 Yes JH 7/76 Used I and Sup Not Used Not Used janney, jenny, johnny,jannies, jennnies, Jannies, Janneys, big janneys, little janneys, "talk like a janney", "go out in the janneys", " janny-night", "janny-talk" janny v Checked by Adrian Young on Wed 03 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 27 Jul 2015