Nd "trash": the latter name being given it on account of its heavy, slopping walk; and the former appellation…
- Date of account
- Published 1911
- Source
- Byways of Ghost-Land
- Reference
- Byways of Ghost-Land · selected passage 47
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
nd "trash": the latter name being given it on account of its heavy, slopping walk; and the former appellation from its curious screech, which is a sure indication of some approaching death or calamity
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlynd "trash": the latter name being given it on account of its heavy, slopping walk; and the former appellation from its curious screech, which is a sure indication of some approaching death or calamity. To the peasantry of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire it is known as "the shuck," an apparition that haunts churchyards and other lonely places. In the Isle of Man a similar kind of phantasm, called "the Mauthe dog," was said to walk Peel Castle; whilst many of the Welsh lanes--particularly that leading from Mowsiad to Lisworney Crossways--are, according to Wirt Sikes' _British Goblins_, haunted by the gwyllgi, a big black dog of the most terrifying aspect.
Historical context
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Modern context
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