| What is the Black Dog? Is it a ghost or a devil? It | | | | they went, for the death of a scholar in their |
| seems to be found all over Britain, and it seems | | | | custody, in Cheshire it is said to foretell the death |
| to foretell death. It may be linked to the stories | | | | of someone close. |
| of Hellhounds. It may also be found at crossroads, | | | | There are a number of benign dogs-in Norfolk and |
| or old gibbets, or very old paths. | | | | Suffolk there is a dog which protects women |
| There are many names for the creature-the | | | | when travelling, in Somerset there is a similar dog |
| Hairy Jack, the Churchyard Beast, Hairy Thing, | | | | which aids travellers. |
| Bogey Beast, Swooning Shadow and various | | | | A legend in Jersey about Black Dogs attacking |
| others. | | | | people may have been encouraged by smuggling |
| Various legends include a number of dogs circling | | | | wanting to stop people going out at night. |
| round a tomb in Dartmoor, a dog thought to be | | | | There have been talk of Black Dogs in Latin |
| the spirit of a chimney sweep in Hertfordshire | | | | America. As well as thinking they are the Devil, |
| which sinks into the ground when approached, a | | | | some people believe them to be a shape changer |
| dog was said to haunt Newgate guards wherever | | | | of some sort. |