bogey man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7869

boo n A84.9. "Go to sleep or the bogie-man will get you." (St. John's) Q67-620. A84.10. Bogie Man. This was used to scare children. It was intended to try to keep small children from wandering too far from home or from going into the woods nearby. "Don't go up on the hills or the bogie man will get you." (St. Phillips) Q63B. A84.11. ."Be good or the.bogeyman will have you." (Flatrock, Carbonear) Q64A. A84.12. When parents wanted children to be quiet, they would say, "The Bogie-man.is going to come and take you away." This frightened the children so much that they kept quiet. (Coley's Point) Q67-467. ct . A84.13 He said that the bogey man was often used to scare him. He thought the bogey man was a wicked old man who would hurt him. (St. Joseph's SMB) Q63B. A84.14. Bogey Man [was] used to frighten the kids and to get them in early at night. (Spaniard's Bay) Q63B. (C) [PTO] Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used See B_13509 for reverse. This is the third in a four-card series, from B_4904 to B_4907.