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<DIV><FONT size=2>Am directing <EM>Fen </EM>by Caryl Churchill and there is the
word "boggart" used in the sense of "the bogeyman" or an
evil spirit--"I don't believe in boggarts". This is East Anglia,
English dialect of course, though I wondered if any variants had cropped up in
American English. Any comments on derivation, usage or
pronunciation?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>