Boo Man

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9903

boo n JW. What about Bully Boos which suddenly came out in the middle of your conversation a moment ago? What are they?Is there any difference bet- ween the Boo.the Boo-man and the Bully Boo? What.what.what are they? H. Oh no, the Bully Boo [ ] was a more unruly chap! Better than the. JW. He was one thing,for a start?He It wasn't in (the) plural or were there several Bully Boos? H. No. I think there was one Bully Boo [ ]. JW. And what was he supposed to be like? H. As.as I think there was one Boo-man [ ],too. JW. Only one? H. I think there's only one Boo.[ie Boo-man] .One was enough then! JW. Yeah. What's the difference between the Boo-man an' the Bully Boo, then,if any? H. I can't.can only pretty well speak for myself what I THOUGHT IT is,but the.Boo-man [ ] was .associated with the dark- ness [ ].He's just going from place to place,an' YOU JUST sort of got to bed before he checked at your house,we'll say, BIG knock on the door.He went around to see all the kids were in bed,maybe,I think is the impression that most people got of this.But now the Bully Boo [ ] was a.not completely different,pretty well similar to this.He was quite an unruly chappie.I don't know how I get this. this impression,but he was unruly.like you see people often came back from Labrador in the summer,and they had a big beard,an' hair would be sort of half way down to the shoulders - modern-day kids! This. gosh!He's (just) like a Bully Boo!! [ ],you know. The.the expression which would be used. So you got the impression OVER. Yes Card 1 of 2 1201 [check] J. WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Not used The Bully Boo. Boo Man etc See B_4866 for second card in series. Phonetic transcriptions appear throughout quote; they are not transcribed here becuase the database cannot reproduce all symbols.