boo-bagger/boo-begger

boo nA77.31. Boo-Bagger: This was used by my parents on me to keep me in the house after dark. It originates from English Harbour West, Fortune Bay, _i.e_. as far as I can recall. Everyone in that area used it. This is how it was actually used on me at the age of six years. As I took my coat after supper to go out of doors, my mother said, "Where are you going, Junior?" I replied, "I just going out with John." She then said, "You'd better not, because if you do the Boo-Baggers will carry you away." I said, "They won't then, because there's no Boo-Baggers." She then said, "Oh, yes there is, and you'll see too when these men come down over the mountain (a mountain on the north east side of English harbour West) and put you in the bags on their back and carry you away." I hesitated a little but then went out of doors. However, within ten minutes I was back into the house again. As I entered, my mother asked, "what did you come back for?" I replied, "I believe the Boo-Baggers are just coming down the mountain." (English Harbour West) 67-5.Card (E) (PTO)Used I and SupUsed I and Sup4Not usedSee B_13501 for reverse. This is the fifth in a seven-card series, from cards B_4891 to B_4897