Bodach an sméididh

"Beckoning Old Man." The Bodach an sméididh appears in the corners of houses, making signs with his hands for people to come to him.

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Gaelic bodach, "old man," and smèideadh, "waving" (or perhaps smùideadh, "emitting smoke").

References

Source

  • Campbell, J.G. (1902). Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Glascow: James MacLehose and Sons, p. 187.