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When in a good humour, this noted goblin will milk the cows, pull the hay, fodder the cattle, harness the horses, load the carts, and stack the crops. When irritated by the utterance of some unguarded expression or marked disrespect, either from the farmer or his servants, the cream mugs are then smashed to atoms; no butter can be obtained by churning; the horses and other cattle are turned loose, or driven into the woods; two cows will sometimes be found fastened in the same stall; no hay can be pulled from the mow; and all the while the wicked imp sits grinning with delight upon one of the cross beams in the barn. At other times the horses are unable to draw the empty carts across the farm yard; if loaded they are upset; whilst the cattle tremble with fear, without any visible cause. Nor do the inmates of the house experience any better or gentler usage. During the night the clothes are said to be violently torn from off the beds of the offending parties, whilst, by invisible hands, they themselves are dragged down the stone stairs by the legs, one step at a time, after a more uncomfortable manner than we need describe.
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firmly believed that he had once seen
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Traditions of Lancashire. I may just remark, _en passant_, that the word
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as applied to nearly the whole of these stories, is a sad misnomer. The tales might, perhaps with propriety, be termed _nouvelletes_, or little novels; but when put forth as
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in the true acceptation of the term, they are worse than useless, for they are calculated equally to mislead both the antiquary and the collector of
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Croker makes the scene of his story what was once a retired and densely wooded dell, or deep valley, in the township of Blackley, near Manchester, called to this day,
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Boggart Ho' Clough. This boggart sadly pestered a worthy farmer, named George Cheetham, by
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This same boggart, however, had some jolly genial qualities. His voice, when he joined the household laughter, on merry tales being told and practical jokes indulged in, around the hearth at Christmastide, is described as
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and as easily
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He began to regard himself at last as a
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and conducted himself in the most extraordinary manner, snatching the children's bread and butter out of their hands, and interfering with their porridge, milk, and other food. His
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knocked the furniture about in the most approved modern style of goblin or spiritual manifestation. Yet, this mischievous propensity did not prevent him from occasionally performing some kindly acts, such as churning the cream and scouring the pans and kettles! Truly, he was a
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Croker refers to one circumstance which he regards as
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and which will remind modern readers very distinctly of a
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exhibition which recently attracted much public attention. He says--
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To say the least of it, it is rather remarkable that the mere substitution of the words _structure_ or _cabinet_ for _closet_, and _trumpet_ for _horn_, to say nothing of the peculiar quality of the boggart's voice, should make the whole so eloquently suggestive of the doings of a certain
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Mr. Ferguson and his friends the Davenport Brothers, and other
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recently so much in vogue. All this supernatural mountebanking was, it appears, taken in good part by Mr. Cheetham's family, and when the children or neighbours wished for a little excitement they easily found it in