hurgin

Updated: June 22, 2025

And John Broom's curiosity was never quenched about the rough, hairy Good-fellow who worked at night that others might be idle by day, and who was sometimes caught at his hard earned nap, lying "like a great hurgin bear," where the boy loved to lie himself, before the fire, on this very hearth. Why and where he had gone, Thomasina could not tell.

Various - Tales from Many Sources: Vol. V