| Summary: | boo n HP. What was it exactly she'd say? Mrs. P. (DON'T??) GO DOWN THE WHARF-HEAD because the fairies WOULD HAVE ('ee??). P. "Be good or else the fairies'll get 'ee!" xx [ ] .xxYeah. JW. And who else.who else would take you away if you weren't good? P. The Boo-beggers [ ] . JW. And what were they supposed to be? P. Well,something corres.to correspond with the fairies [ ] . JW. And whereabouts were they supposed to live,these Boo-beggars? Any place? P. That's a tough one. I don't think I ever heard .anything about that. ((?? JW. Might they be in wellsx and dangerous places? ???) P. Yes,more so. JW. They'd be in wells,and dangerous places . P. Yes. Mrs.P. .especially the wharf-HEAD,because that's where the women never wanted them to go ,see; they were goin' to fall overboard there. And anything that would keep them from that. HP. xxxx Anything that would keep them. MRS. P. From the wharf yeah. ((?? Hp. Was anything like the Boo-man or Boogie-man used ? ???)) P. That wasn't used xxxxxxx till much later. JW. So the Bogey Man is a xx.a more recent thing? P. Yes.Almost,you could say,modern. JW. And what would they used to threaten children when they.when they talked about OVER Fairies. Yes 1304 J. WIDDOSON _Fairies_. _Boo-beggars_. [check] Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used See B_13489 for reverse. Phonetic transcriptions appear throughout quote; they are not transcribed here becuase the database cannot reproduce all symbols.
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