boo! boh!

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

An exclamation of terror among children. To one who is timid, it is common to say, "You dare not say boo to a goose."

I dare not, for the honor of our house.

Say boh to any Grecian goose.

Homer Travestied.

(The old squatter Jones) was awful. He could jest lick anything that said boo in them diggins, out swar Satan, and was as cross as a she bar with cubs.--Robb, Squatter Life.

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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.