Another witch, Black Annis is the British equivalent of the Russian With Baba Yaga. A malevolent creature she is, with blue skin, she roamed the countryside of Leicestershire, England (not the scariest-sounding place in the world, but when you’re a monstrous witch, you have little options) She ate meals of lambs and children. If she caught a child, she would tan its skin and wear it around her waist. Now that's gross.
Her home was a cave she carved with her iron claws known as Black Annis’s Bower, and parents would get children to behave by claiming Black Annis would come and get them if they were naughty.
I guess sitting in the corner for an hour didn’t work for 19th-century children?
