...some two feet long. A bigger kind there is of them called with us hobgoblins, and Eobin Goodfullows, that would in those superstitious times grind corn for a mess of milk, cut wood, ordo any manner of drudgery work. They would mend old irons in those .ЖоНап isles of Lipari, in...

...bigger kind there is of them ["terrestrial devils "], called with us hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellwvs, that would in those superstitious times grind corn for a mess of milk, cut wood, or do any kind of drudgery work," &c. &c. Comp. Scotch "brownie." See Reginald Scott's Discoverie of Witchcrafte...

...Burton (Anat. of Melancholy, \. 2) says : " A bigger kind there is of them [fairies], called with us Hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellows, that would, in those...superstitious times, grind corn for a mess of milk," etc. Cf. "The Pranks of Puck," quoted "Yet now and then, the maids to please, I card, at midnight,...

...that is, Robin Goodfellow, who misleads night wanderers, and then laughs at them, and, again, will " grind corn for a mess of milk, cut wood, or do any manner of drudgery work." Popular fairy characteristics were beauty, power, perpetual youth, immortality, ability to assume various...

...do usually walk in little coats some two foot long. A bigger kind there is of them, called with us Hobgoblins, and Robin Goodfellows, that would in those...milk, cut wood, or do any manner of drudgery work. They would mend old irons in those yColian Isles of Lipara, in former ages, and have been often seen...

...do usually walk in little coats some two foot long. A bigger kind there is of them, called with us Hobgoblins, and Robin Goodfellows, that would in those...milk, cut wood, or do any manner of drudgery work. They would mend old irons in those ^Eolian Isles of Lipara, in former ages, and have been often seen...

...subject. 8 the drudging goblin is the Robin Goodfellow of British folklore, a "servant spirit that would grind corn for a mess of milk, cut wood, or do any kind of drudgery work." 9 lubbar= lubber, clumsy, awkward. 10 chimney, fireplace, very ample in the...

...Burton (Anat. of Melancholy, \. 2} says : " A bigger kind there is of them [fairies], called with us Hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellows, that would, in those...superstitious times, grind corn for a mess of milk," etc. Cf. The Pranks of Puck, ascribed to Ben Jonson : " Ye't now and then, the maids to please, I card...

...Burton (Anal, of Melancholy, i. 2) says : " A bigger kind there is of them [fairies], called with us Hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellows, that would, in those...superstitious times, grind corn for a mess of milk," etc. Cf. "The Pranks of Puck," quoted "Yet now and then, the maids to please, I card, at midnight,...

...Comp. Anat of Mel. I. ii. : 'A bigger kind there is of them (ie terrestrial demons) called with us hobgoblins and Robin Goodfellows, that would in those...... to draw water, dress meat, or any such thing. ' It is to be noted that the individuality of these familiar spirits is often not very clear. Milton...