A rich farm suffers from a boggart in the house.
The second paragraph is an explanation, "<i>Boggart</i> is a north-of-England word for a kind of trick-playing spirit which takes up its abode in people's houses and barns. ..."
"This is a famous story in the north of England ... familiar in most of Northern Europe."
--Author's Note, 1959 collection, p115 (viewed as Amazon "Look Inside!")
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 17 | |
| September 1962 |
|
Arrow Book of Spooky Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 31 |
| September 1964 |
|
Arrow Book of Spooky Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 31 |
| September 1965 |
|
Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween | E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 222 |
| October 1967 |
|
Arrow Book of Spooky Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 31 |
| January 1969 | Children's Digest, January 1969 | Parents' Magazine Press | MAGAZINE | 47 | |
| December 1973 |
|
Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween | E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 222 |
| 1977 |
|
A-Haunting We Will Go | Albert Whitman & Company | Anthology | 92 |
| 1996 |
|
Arrow Book of Spooky Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 31 |
| May 2016 |
|
The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | |17 |
| May 2016 |
|
The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | 17 |