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1. Before we go through our trip among the creatures that have haunted our childhoods, what is the term used to describe the imaginary creatures used by adults to scare kids into submission?
2. A demonic creature in Japan is called the Namahage. One day every year, a Namahage goes door to door on the lookout for misbehaving children. On what day do the Namahage traditionally come out?
3. In Hispanic cultures, El Coco is a monster who collects children and takes them away in sacks. What naughtiness causes the children to be taken?
4. In Scottish and English folklore, a boggart is an evil fairy which causes personal misfortunes, small and large. What can you hang over your doorway to keep the boggart away?
5. In Bulgaria, what is the name of the creature that waits in the shadows to snatch bad kids up in a sack?
6. In the Czech Republic, kids are scared of the tale of the Bubak. The Bubak is a scarecrow-looking creature that resides on riverbanks, luring gullible and trusting children and adults to him. How exactly does the Bubak lure his captives?
7. In the Netherlands, this creature has nails and fangs. It hides under the beds (or in the closets) of children. He grabs the children when they do not go to sleep. What is his name?
8. In the Ilocano region of the Philippines is the legend of the Pugot. The Pugot is a shape-shifter that lives in trees and abandoned houses. The Pugot is missing which body part?
9. The Nøkken is a Norwegian lake monster that will come and get a kid if that child does not come in from playing when called. However, you can defeat him if you do what?
10. At bedtime in Trinidad and Tobago, kids are told the story of the Jumbee. A Jumbee is a shape-shifting ghost that turns into different type of animals. Parents telling this story try to warn their children of what?
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