hag

How did a pageant seeking a “role model to young and old alike” allow in such an old hag?!

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The hag sprang to her feet, her sullen face ghastly in the dim light, her eyes lurid with hate.

A wonderful merry pair, they seemed; and when Francie had crawled out of the hag, he had a great deal to consider in his mind.

After walking for some time he found himself in a great forest, where he saw a wretched old hag asleep under a tree.

The hag, again opening her shears, was already approaching the web anew, when she saw the shadow of Carlino.

In the North of England the elves seem to have been known as hags, for fairy rings are there known as hag tracks.