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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/79709 2023-12-31T10:19:35+01:00 if _I was wantin' to_ [come in] xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/79709 eng eng W Mrs. Alice Melina Payne (Cow-head) TF29-66 = F213 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14199 W_14199_want http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/79709 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z want (( HH. Did people use to threaten children with anything other than Janneys? ??)) Mrs P. .sometimes. Well now in MY TIME THEY used to always tell me there was _a Boo-man_ [PT] , _Boo-man_ [PT]. We'd be frightened to death o' _the Boo-man_! HH. What would they say to you? How would they frighten you about _the Boo-man_?What would they say? Mrs P. Well nothing (sir), SAY, in particular,only,I mean to say if I was told there was a _Boo- man_ [PT] now if I was waintin' to come in (anyONE) [WOULD] say,"Now _don't go in there_! _The Boo-man'_s is there!" [PT ] , well I'd go back! Frightened away! 'fraid o' _the Boo-man_[PT]. JW. What was he supposed to look like? Mrs P. I don't know! I never seen (it) ! . 'CAUSE I WAS ('FRAID) . (RIGHT)? for sure there was somebody there,something there goin' to grab(s) me when I('d)go in!I used to keep back! HH. Do they ever use anything else to scare you besides_ a Boo-man_? Mrs P. No sir. They didn't tell me nothing,only _the Boo-man[PT]_ ! They used to always tell me _the Boo-man_ [PT] was there! I'd never go! (I WOULDN'T) go (BECAUSE) anywhere I'd go THEY'D. oh they'd say, "Now _the Boo-man_ is there,in there! [PT] or somethin like that, SCRABBLE I'd scrabble back! . (IF) ever _I'd go where THEY didn't want [ME] to go_. . in the _dark_ or anything like that. (WHETHER!) JW. Oh he'd be in _the dark_, would he? YES YEAH. Mr rs P [Signifies "yes"] . round dark places."Don't go in there _The Boo-man_. Yes J. WIDDOSON 295 77/ Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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want (( HH. Did people use to threaten children with anything other than Janneys? ??)) Mrs P. .sometimes. Well now in MY TIME THEY used to always tell me there was _a Boo-man_ [PT] , _Boo-man_ [PT]. We'd be frightened to death o' _the Boo-man_! HH. What would they say to you? How would they frighten you about _the Boo-man_?What would they say? Mrs P. Well nothing (sir), SAY, in particular,only,I mean to say if I was told there was a _Boo- man_ [PT] now if I was waintin' to come in (anyONE) [WOULD] say,"Now _don't go in there_! _The Boo-man'_s is there!" [PT ] , well I'd go back! Frightened away! 'fraid o' _the Boo-man_[PT]. JW. What was he supposed to look like? Mrs P. I don't know! I never seen (it) ! . 'CAUSE I WAS ('FRAID) . (RIGHT)? for sure there was somebody there,something there goin' to grab(s) me when I('d)go in!I used to keep back! HH. Do they ever use anything else to scare you besides_ a Boo-man_? Mrs P. No sir. They didn't tell me nothing,only _the Boo-man[PT]_ ! They used to always tell me _the Boo-man_ [PT] was there! I'd never go! (I WOULDN'T) go (BECAUSE) anywhere I'd go THEY'D. oh they'd say, "Now _the Boo-man_ is there,in there! [PT] or somethin like that, SCRABBLE I'd scrabble back! . (IF) ever _I'd go where THEY didn't want [ME] to go_. . in the _dark_ or anything like that. (WHETHER!) JW. Oh he'd be in _the dark_, would he? YES YEAH. Mr rs P [Signifies "yes"] . round dark places."Don't go in there _The Boo-man_. Yes J. WIDDOSON 295 77/ Not used Not used Not used |
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