For a long time...
Posted by Helen on April 17, 1998 at 07:54:59:
In response to Mothers told children to behave-or Bonaparte would get them (nfm), written by Captain Everett on April 16, 1998 at 19:38:26
] I have read various working-class autobiographies from the end of the C19th, ie. 75-100 years after Napoleon was last a serious threat, and parents then still threatened their children with 'Boney'.
And aren't there lots of nursery rhymes and folk songs on the subject?
Helen
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- Yes! I do! Helen 13:08:26 4/19/98
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