swagman
swagman "The _swagman_ will come tonight to get you if you aren't good." My mother would say this to us when we were bad. The swagman was described to me as having a long nose with a hook on the end of it, a humped back from looking into keyholes to see if all the children were good,...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50476 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 swagman 1965/10/19 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50476 eng eng S 50 66-16 Helen Simms Soc. 433 20 Buchans Mrs. Simms Mother H/w 58 Buchans Her father who _was a Syrian_ As a child in Carbonear As a very young child, Buchans Oct. 5, 1965 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 25652 S_25652_swagman http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50476 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1965 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z swagman "The _swagman_ will come tonight to get you if you aren't good." My mother would say this to us when we were bad. The swagman was described to me as having a long nose with a hook on the end of it, a humped back from looking into keyholes to see if all the children were good, and carrying a sack on his back in which he put all the bad children. It was implied that the swagman would take us away and we would never see our home again. (Originally told in Syrian) DICT CEN. OCT 19 1965 Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador swagman |
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swagman "The _swagman_ will come tonight to get you if you aren't good." My mother would say this to us when we were bad. The swagman was described to me as having a long nose with a hook on the end of it, a humped back from looking into keyholes to see if all the children were good, and carrying a sack on his back in which he put all the bad children. It was implied that the swagman would take us away and we would never see our home again. (Originally told in Syrian) DICT CEN. OCT 19 1965 Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY |
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1965 |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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S 50 66-16 Helen Simms Soc. 433 20 Buchans Mrs. Simms Mother H/w 58 Buchans Her father who _was a Syrian_ As a child in Carbonear As a very young child, Buchans Oct. 5, 1965 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 25652 S_25652_swagman http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50476 |
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