Lexicographical Neighbors of Buggan
Literary usage of Buggan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1898)
"These white stones, which in this district are called buggan, are said to be
found in the scrubby mountains beyond Bandon Grove, near the head of the ..."
2. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"Bugg-a-bo, or buggan-bo, was originally no more than mothers frightening their
children with the ... If a horse takes fright, they say, he spies a buggan! ..."
3. Cornish Notes & Queries: (first Series) by Cornish Telegraph, Peter Penn (1906)
"The Shropshire term buggan-bo means the same thing. If a horse takes fright they
say " he spies a buggan. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in S. E. Worcestershire, Together with by Jesse Salisbury (1894)
"buggan = Old Bogey, Satan, or any evil spirit. To pop about like a parched pea
on a shovel. ' Like a pea on a drumhead' is another version. ..."
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