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Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire.Local people would ask "Hobhole Hob" for help to get rid of a cough.A hob is a type of small mythological household spirit found in the English Midlands, Northern England, [a] [b] and on the Anglo-Scottish border, according to traditional folklore of those regions. [3]
Hob Gadling, also known as Robert, Robbie, or Bobby, is a fictional character from the Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman. Gadling first appears in issue #13, "Men of Good Fortune". Gadling first appears in issue #13, "Men of Good Fortune".
The principal character in the Fairacre books, Miss Read, is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Saint's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow received "generably favorable reviews" according to Metacritic. [12] [13] PC Gamer described it as "a splendid adventure that's well paced, excellently voiced, and doesn't outstay its welcome." [6] Commenting on the atmosphere of dread, Rock Paper Shotgun said it feels like "a beautifully dank, damp, gloomy folk ...
Rebecca Shaw was the Sunday Times bestselling author of 28 novels published by Orion Publishing Group.She sold more than one million copies. [1] [2] Her books came in two series, Barleybridge and Turnham Malpas, and revolved around the loves and lives of countryside dwellers.
The bauchan is a Scottish domestic hobgoblin that is mischievous and belligerent but also very helpful when the need arises. [10]The bwbach (or boobach, plural bwbachod) is a Welsh domestic hobgoblin that will perform household chores in return for bowls of cream.
Like the Jaffe book, Hobgoblin was published at the height of Dungeons & Dragons' popularity and soon after the intense media coverage of the Egbert steam tunnel incident (urban myths wherein roleplaying gamers enacting live action role-playing games perish, often in the utility tunnels below their university campuses).