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  • Nearby were a pair of green hags, a shellycoat. an annls, and a leering night hag.

    Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

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  • In Scottish and Northern English folklore, a shellycoat is a type of bogeyman that haunts rivers and streams. Wikipedia

    December 28, 2014