| Summary: | boo n I was later able to speak to the informant about this figure and she told me that Bo [bou] was purely a family figure, invented by the children, as far as she knew. The younger children involved were aged four to seven years, the older ones around nine to twelve. Bo was not used as a threat beyond the age of seven. A68. Boo A68.1. To wean a baby from the breast, mother used to put oakum down her bosom. Each time the baby cried for the breast he was shown the ________________________________________________________ 83Henry, 409-410. See cited quotation. Yes Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I This is the reverse of B_4886. In last line of quote, '83' is in superscript, but database cannot reproduce all superscripts.
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