Long before anyone went looking for ghosts, people across Britain shared their world with goblins and vampires, charms and cursed treasure, and this section explores the English and British folklore they left behind. Some of these beliefs lingered well into living memory, and following them back through the old records often turns up a stranger story than the one that survives today.
Hobthrush / Hobthrust: a good natured goblin, who assists servant maids in their early morning work, but in a state of …