_Whitecoats_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73562

white a _The Boogie Man_. _The Police_ (St John's) THE WHITECOATS Trees. Poles Fairies, etc GHOSTS. JW. .An' Vincent's just going to tell me about how he frightens his sister or threatens his sister sometimes, is that right? VH. She.like, she's . in the way or somethin', like, when I'm diggin' worms, I say, 'The .I'll.I'll call _the Boogie Man_ up an' he'll take you away! (you _won't see your mother no more:" An' she starts to cry an she stays in a place 9whe0 I told her. LIke, she's carryin' on, an' I says, 'I'll just.' 'Right, I said, 'I'm goin' to phone _the Police!_ But just pick up the phone an' say, 'Hello! Will you come here an' takemy little sister! JW. An' how old's that one? Is that the one that's three? The very youngest? VH. Yeah. That's the blonde-headed one. JW. Mm. Now what.did people use to say _the Boogie Man_ would take you when you were little yourself ? VH. Can't remember. JW. No> You don't remember particularly. FH. There's a song.there's a song about that says. VH. 'Comin' to take you away, Ha! Ha! They're comin' to take you away! ' [Words of popular song on radio etc] _The whitecoats_ [mental hospital orderlies?? ] FH. Yeah.The whitecoats are comin' to take you away! Ha! Ha! JW. I see, yeah. What are _the whitecoats_ meant to be? VH. Like. OVER. hospital orderly Yes J. WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Withdrawn white hawk, white bird, white game, white cap, white jay, white minister, white partridge, white tail eagle, white throated loo, white winged diver, white winter gull, white bauk, white-crowned Sparrow, white daisy, white lily, white flower, white maple withdrawn but no stamp; Says "Card 1 of 2" but nothing on other side of card and no "card 2 or 2"; there is a lot of phonetic transcriptions in quoted citation that could not be written out.