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What is a boggart? According to some, a variety of goblin. According to others, a poltergeist or restless spirit, ghost. And some say a Boggart is its own sort of malevolent being. The name originally comes from Great Britain (chiefly Scotland and N. England), and can even refer to a scarecrow, in some local dialects. A boggart can also be defined as "a Scottish boogeyman".
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message 1: by Len (new)

Len I couldn't add any directly to the list but here are three early UK titles that don't appear on Goodreads:

F. O. H. Nash, Some Brownies and a Boggart, Sheldon Press, 1924

Frank Ormerod, The Cock Hall Boggart, Express Printing, no date available but it seems to be 1910s or early 20s. There's a nice booksellers photograph of the cover on Abebooks.

K. H. Roberts, Bingo Bones and the Boggart, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982


message 2: by Capn (new)

Capn Thank you as ever, Len! I will see if I can add these! :) Most appreciated!


message 3: by Capn (new)

Capn Added! Len - I would appreciate any feedback on the header and info given! Please let me know if I've missed a term or definition, or if something sounds a bit off. :) I'm not from Great Britain, so I'm missing local knowledge on this one!


message 4: by Len (new)

Len Capn wrote: "Added! Len - I would appreciate any feedback on the header and info given! Please let me know if I've missed a term or definition, or if something sounds a bit off. :) I'm not from Great Britain, s..."

I think you've got boggarts summed up. In the Oxford dictionary they are just evil or mischievous spirits. There probably are local dialect terms in Scotland or Northumberland. I'll try and do some research on that.


message 5: by Capn (new)

Capn Oh thank you, but no pressure on my end! :) Glad just to have your "ok". :)


message 6: by Len (new)

Len Capn wrote: "Oh thank you, but no pressure on my end! :) Glad just to have your "ok". :)"

Sorry but after a bit of searching I can't come up with anything other than boggart to describe a boggart.


message 7: by Capn (new)

Capn Ha ha! Well thank you kindly regardless - I'm glad they are represented on Listopia by name, then!


message 8: by Brent (last edited Jul 19, 2022 07:21PM) (new)

Brent I've now added the term boggart to my lexicon, but, sadly, I know none. I'm a big fan of movies with Bogart. And - this is the way my mind works - the late, great comics artist Jim Aparo did this wonderful backup series for the low-budget publisher Charlton Comics c. 1968: Thane of Bagarth. Charming, out of print, and very hard to find. But us Aparo fans, we know. A quick search leads me to a sample page from an original comic art reseller: but I can't link to other sites in these comments (why, Goodreads?) Trust me, find Thane of Bagarth...


message 9: by Capn (last edited Jul 20, 2022 04:05AM) (new)

Capn Ha ha, thanks Brent! :) Thane of Bagarth is now on the radar!


message 10: by Capn (new)

Capn Not on GR yet:
Beyond the Firelight and Other Stories of Hobgoblins
Ann Lawrence
Pan Macmillan; New Ed edition (2 September 1988)
74 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0330294997
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0330294997

Free to read on Archive.org - the third story is simply entitled, 'The Boggart'


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