boo-bagger/boo-begger

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9493

boo n It is probable that the first element of _bull-beggar_ came to be pronounced in some areas with final dark /l/. This dark /l/ then became assimilated before the following bilabial, perhaps also influenced by analogy with the many other words of the _boo_/_bogey_ group with similar pronunciations and meanings. In Newfoundland the term can also mean a person with untidy hair, or it can refer to a fuzzy object such as a bundle of hair or feathers, and also to lice or nasal mucus, in much the same way as _boos_ and _bully-boo_. A77.1. The only figures that I have heard of as being frightening figures are the "Boogie-man", and the "Boo-bagger". The association that I have come to connect with these two names is that the Boogie-man will take you away with him if you were not good, but the Boo-baggers would only come to frighten you if you were not good. The threats of the Boogie-man and the Boo-baggers are serious in that they are usually only employed See cited quotation. Cont'd on card (c) P.285 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used This is the reverse of B_4892. It is the second in a seven-card series, from cards B_4891 to B_4897.