Boggarts and
Hobgoblins
Boggarts and Hobgoblins are found in UK
folklore.There are places in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire called after
Boggarts such as Boggart’s Hole in Lancashire or Boggle Hole in North Yorkshire . Boggarts were not invented for Harry Potter books and
have been around for hundreds of years.
Hobgoblins
look like small hairy men and interact with humans. Households were thought to have their own
hobgoblin that could help around the house, if treated well. The hobgoblin would finish household chores at night whilst
the family were asleep.If
you upset or angered a Hobgoblin it would retaliate and would follow a family
even if they moved house.It would turn milk sour,
remove things from the house, cause animals to become lame and generally make a
mess.An angry hobgoblin becomes a
boggart.
A Boggart could still look
like a small hairy man or shape shift .Some like
The Boggart of Longar Hede from Yorkshire were said to be fearsome creatures the size of a calf, with
long shaggy hair and eyes like saucers. The "Boggart of Hackensall
Hall" in Lancashire had the appearance of a huge horse.
A story about a boggart
in Lancashire was published in 1861; the author wrote about an elderly couple. They maintained that a
boggart was buried at a nearby bend in the road under an ash tree, along with a
cockerel with a stake driven through it. Despite being buried, the boggart was
still able to create trouble. A farmer's wife, the old couple claimed, just two
weeks earlier had heard doors banging in her farmhouse at night, then loud
laughter; she looked out to see three candles casting blue light and a creature
with red burning eyes leaping about. The following morning many marks of cloven
hooves were seen outside the house. The couple claimed that the boggart had
unhitched their horse and overturned their cart.
It is said you should
never name a boggart or it will turn violent.
Another story from North Yorkshire involved
the family at Hart Hall Farm in Glaisdale and their hobgoblin. The family had
been helped by this hobgoblin for
generations.One night, the master of the house caught sight of the hobgoblin..
He saw that the creature was completely naked, although very hirsute, so instead
of the usual milk or cream left in payment for the work , the farmer decided to pay that night with a smock.The
hobgoblin was upset. He started shouting at the farmer for the lack of payment and
abandoned the farm. They never saw it again.
Are such little men real or just folklore? Bones
that were claimed belonged to a race of small people have been found so it may
be possible that small people that helped out did once exist.
Read about the
find here : https://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.com/2009/10/ebu-gogo-hobbit-ape-or-myth.html