_rigs_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/70567

rig n HH. Were children ever scared by the Mummers? N. Oh yes! Some would be; some children (would) be frightened (SQUARE ??) [of] Mummers [PT] , you know. Some people couldn't let them in because the children were so much afraid o' them. YEAH, them times,you know, (YES ??). They'd have on queer _rigs,_too, queer faces. HH. What were some. . .can you. . .do you remember any of the queer rigs,or the. . .? N. Oh there're all kinds. . .some of them (would) be so big as a barrell. WHERE THEY HAD cushions and stuff put around 'em,you know,an' rounded out,an' (BUILT??) .Yes. Yeah. Aha! They used to have good times! ((HH.Did they ever threaten children with _the Mummers?_ ??)) Do the. . .do they still say that? N. Not now. HH. Ah well,did they? What was it they would say? N. They used to say well,"The Mummers is goin' to come in,you know,if you don't be good!" [PT] ,see. But they don't say that now because there're not Mummers [PT] enough comin' now to say it, say it.No. HH. The. . .the Mummer. . .any other way they say that? N. No.No,no. No. HH. And this would be if the children were bad? N. Yes,oh yes. They tried to scare them,you see an'. . .keep 'em quiet. HH. Would you say it the way they. . . .how would they say it?I mean make it sound the way they would say it to. . . [PT] N. Oh they'd say,"Now you. . .if you don't be good, the Mummers 'll be comin' in,you know!" "We'll get the Mummers in if you don't be good!" Thatsall, an' that was that! [inc] [reverse] [PT] Yes J.WIDDOSON [check] over Used I and Sup Used I 2 Not used Reverse of card at R_13769. A Phonetic Transcription and the Source are on the back of the card.