| Summary: | mobbin' _mobbin'_ - the attack of another person and attempt to smother him in the snow in honor of his birthday or as fun. Usually the person mobbed is not part of the group. - if a child tattled in school he was mobbed afterwards. Snow was not needed for this. The child could be laid against a fence and hit and punched. - teachers, since they were young, inexperienced, [reverse] probably one grade higher than the pupils, and from the same place, didn't escape this mobbing . One time a teacher was locked in an outhouse and then both of them were overturned. See cited quotation. Yes DICT CEN. NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY JW Not used Not used Withdrawn Reverse of card at M_15513
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