Pouques and Teeth

While I was in Guernsey I learned a lot about the local folklore in the main museum. Guernsey folk seem to have been a very superstitious lot over the centuries and believed in all sorts of gremlins and nasties, fairies, ghosts and ghouls. One example was that a lot of old houses on the island have ledges up near the apex of their roof to allow witches to rest when flying about.  It was believed that supplying this kind offer of rest kept the witches on their side and avoided having something nasty happen to them. Another such superstition was about Pouques. See here all about them. I'm not sure if this word was of French origin, but this is an explanation about them. It got me wondering whether we get our word "spooky" from it. In other news, I went for the follow-up appointment to have a dental bridge fitted. It started here .  It was supposed to be three weeks between the dentist fitting the temporary bridge and the permanent one. Halfway into the first appointment to fit

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