| Summary: | hag1 1896 Patterson Jour. of Amer. Folkl., 9, 222. A man at Change Islands.told me he had been ridden to death by an old hag, until a knowledgeable old man advised him to drive nails through a shingle, and lash it to his breast when he went to bed, with the nails sticking up. With great solemnity he assured me that, thus fortified, he had just forgotten the world, when down came the old hag all aflop, but with a hideous scream she went 'off quicker'n she come on.' His rest has been peaceful ever since. [see 'old hag', 'hagorid G. M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I old hag, hagorid, diddies Only the first part of this slip is used in the entry for 'hag' in the DNE I. The 1 in the head and file name indicates a supserscript 1.
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