The Irish Ballybogs are known by a variety of names including Peat Faeries, Mudbogs, Bogles (Cornish and Welsh), Bog-a-boos, Boggies, and Boggans (northern England and the Isle of Man).\u00a0 As you might have guessed from their interesting array of names, these are the guardians of the bogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For those of you who don’t know, a bog is an area that is quite wet, spongy, and marsh like.\u00a0 A large area of open water is often centrally located in a bog.\u00a0 Despite the area being poorly drained, flora characteristic to the area is abundant and the area is full of decaying plant matter.
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\nPreserved human remains have been uncovered in some of the bogs of northern Europe.\u00a0 This is considered evidence that people of long ago made human sacrifices to appease the fae who were known to dwell in the bogs.
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\nThe Ballybogs originated in Ireland, Wales, England, and Cornouailles.\u00a0 Ballybogs are more numerous in Ireland though, because of the abundance of peat in that country.\u00a0 Ireland is not rich in natural resources such as coal and oil, hence the need for peat.<\/p>\n
The Ballybogs are quite small in size and completely covered in mud, which is no surprise considering where they hail to us from.\u00a0 Indeed, these small creatures have round bodies that sit atop legs that appear to be too thin and spindly to support much of anything.\u00a0 Moreover, their heads sit atop their bodies without the benefit of a neck.\u00a0 Additionally, their arms are thin and weak looking.<\/p>\n
The language of words is a mystery to them as all they can do is grunt in place of it.\u00a0 Slobbering comes naturally to them, adding to their repugnant appearance.\u00a0 Ballybogs are solitary creatures.\u00a0 Rumor has it that they are also quite stupid- an idea that might have come about due to their lack of speaking in words.<\/p>\n
They frequent and live in bogs and mud holes.\u00a0 Although basically harmless, ballybogs are quite unpleasant to be around with their grunting, slobbering ways.\u00a0 They rarely cause mischief if at all, except to lead unsuspecting travelers astray from their chosen course of travel.\u00a0 No harm comes to the traveler, just a bit of frustration and dismay at being lost.<\/p>\n
However, the English Bogle is a creature of another temperament.\u00a0 He has a decidedly nasty temper and mistreats individuals who are guilty of committing crimes, lazy in their ways, or incontinent.\u00a0 Unlike the Ballybog, the Bogle wears a hooded cloak.\u00a0 He is a bit less round, but he is also a bit more mischievous and sneaky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Irish Ballybogs are known by a variety of names including Peat Faeries, Mudbogs, Bogles (Cornish and Welsh), Bog-a-boos, Boggies, and Boggans (northern England and the Isle of Man).\u00a0 As you might have guessed from their interesting array of names, these are the guardians of the bogs.\u00a0 For those of you who don’t know, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/trivia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}