Boggarts, was Re: Susan Cooper (OT)

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No: HPFGUIDX 6352

Hi,I'm delurking for a moment to add that according to the Oxford 
Dictionary of English Folklore, a "Dobby" is an alternative name for 
a Brownie in parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.The same book also has 
the "House Elf" description of Brownies although it specifies that in 
some versions of folklore  they will disappear if given new clothes 
rather than any old thing. 

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Vivienne O'Regan" <Vivienne at c...> 
wrote:
> Interestingly was just looking up Boggarts entry in Katherine 
> Briggs, 'Abbey Lubbers, Banshees and Boggarts' and discovered in 
the 
> section on brownies that their description almost perfectly matches 
> that of the 'house-elf' including the gift of clothing being the 
key 
> to driving them away. I had thought the description of 'house elf' 
> had been more brownie than elf-like.
> 
> 
> Vivienne 
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Dinah" <mzettl at f...> wrote:
> > I haven't read Susan Cooper's book. But that's what I found out 
> about
> > Boggarts:
> > 
> > Boggart
> > 
> > Mistreated brownies that have turned evil. They often ravage the 
> house, and
> > the only way to surely rid oneself of them is to evacuate the 
> residence,
> > taking care that the Boggart does not follow along with the 
> household
> > belongings.
> > 
> > It also seems to be a certain frog species.
> > 
> > But I don't know how accurate the definition is.
> > 
> > Dinah