A boggart is a supernatural being from English folklore. The dialectologist Elizabeth Wright described the boggart as 'a generic name for an apparition'; [1] folklorist Simon Young defines …

Boggart (also called a bogey, bogeyman, bogle or bugbear) is a term used for a creature in English folklore. It is generally a household spirit turned malevolent trickster or mishcevious …

A boggart is a creature in British folklore – a household boggart, or a malevolent boggart inhabiting marshland, sharp bends in the road, or residing under bridges. Other names of this …

Traditionally, hobs were more benevolent and would perform household chores or labour in return for a saucer of milk. [2] When visible, boggarts usually took a squat and hairy human-like …

Detailed, scholarly, packed with great tales and interesting speculations, The Boggart is a ground-breaking study that rescues and re-establishes the scary boggart of the 19th century. Author: …

May 16, 2019 · Some accounts suggest that the particularly malignant nature of boggarts in Lancashire is a result of their unusually organised structure, serving a particularly powerful …

Jul 18, 2021 · An angered hob is known as a boggart and is most commonly heard of in Yorkshire and Lancashire, inhabiting cloughs, small water-carved valleys, and potholes. Fun fact: The …

Jun 2, 2024 · Another helpful hob is reported to live at Hob Garth near Mulgrave. In 1760, a misunderstanding arose between two local farmers and one of them escalated it into a feud by …

Feb 25, 2019 · This is a story about a Boggart (or Hob) from The London literary gazette and journal of belles lettres, arts, sciences, etc., 1825, no. 430, pages 252,253. It has similarities at …

Jun 1, 2021 · A slighted hob becomes a boggart, an agent of chaos with a penchant for making belongings disappear. They’re known to crawl into your bed at night and put their clammy little …