Boogie Man

boo n My girl friend tells me that although she never had _the Boogie_ _Man_ threatened on her, she often heard women say it to their children. She said they said it in an ordinary (not too fast, or too slow) but serious and threatening voice. Such a threat was made usually to get children to go to...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1968
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6068
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/6068 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 Boogie Man 1968/08/14 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6068 eng eng B Catherine Pennelly Port Kirwan, S.Shore 68-11 Zita Johnson Renews FL.Arch. November, 1967 Port Kirwan,S.Shore References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4881 B_4881_boo n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6068 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 1968 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z boo n My girl friend tells me that although she never had _the Boogie_ _Man_ threatened on her, she often heard women say it to their children. She said they said it in an ordinary (not too fast, or too slow) but serious and threatening voice. Such a threat was made usually to get children to go to bed or to sleep, or to keep them from misbehaving. This usually worked too. It kept the children quiet and often made them cry. My girl friend also says she once asked a child what _the boogie man_ looked like and the child said he was big and white. Proofread by JW Checked by HBT. AUG 14 1968 1 Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Boogie Man
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description boo n My girl friend tells me that although she never had _the Boogie_ _Man_ threatened on her, she often heard women say it to their children. She said they said it in an ordinary (not too fast, or too slow) but serious and threatening voice. Such a threat was made usually to get children to go to bed or to sleep, or to keep them from misbehaving. This usually worked too. It kept the children quiet and often made them cry. My girl friend also says she once asked a child what _the boogie man_ looked like and the child said he was big and white. Proofread by JW Checked by HBT. AUG 14 1968 1 Used I and Sup Not used 4 Not used
format Manuscript
title Boogie Man
title_short Boogie Man
title_full Boogie Man
title_fullStr Boogie Man
title_full_unstemmed Boogie Man
title_sort boogie man
publishDate 1968
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6068
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
Catherine Pennelly Port Kirwan, S.Shore 68-11
Zita Johnson Renews FL.Arch. November, 1967 Port Kirwan,S.Shore
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4881
B_4881_boo n
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