On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:35:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:




The Buggis Schooners, from S. Sulawasi are still trading between the
Indonesian Islands ///

Bruce-in-Bangkok

///
In New Zealand as small children we were threatened by the "Bugi man"
along the lines of "If you don't be good, go to sleep etc., the Bugi
man will get you"

The Bugi man is derived of course from the fierce Bugis sailors,
pirates and traders.

Was the Bugi man used in the USA to frighten children or is it a
colonial legacy you didn't inherit?

regards
Peter

The word bogey is linked to many similar words in European languages;
púca, pooka or pookha (Irish Gaelic), pwca, bwga or bwgan (Welsh),
puki (Old Norse), pixie or piskie (Cornish), puck (English), bogu
(Slavonic) and of course bugge (Middle English) - frightening specter.

Brian W