A Conversation for Jenny Greenteeth, Folklore Character

Never heard of this

Post 1

KB

...before I read the Terry Pratchett book, "The Wee Free Men". I thought he made it up - didn't realise it was such a widespread character in folk myths around the world!


Never heard of this

Post 2

U168592

just mucking about in Google and noticed that this is Number One International Hit about Jenny Greenteeth. Rather chuffed at that smiley - smiley
HF
smiley - wizard


Goodness me

Post 3

applemoy

V. interested to read that this is such a widespread myth. I thought it was a local invention in Lancashire, where my mum's family lived, and had assumed it had been invented to stop children from playing near the canal.


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