Meaning of ganfer | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of ghost found in the folklore of Orkney and Shetland.

Examples

“[…] by Ghosts here called Ganfers, in all which many place more confidence than in the more reasonable propositions that can be adduced to convince them of the absurdity of such notions.”

“... Ganfers or ghosts are, however, very commonly seen, particularly by the sagacious shelty.”

“He lay on his bunk, pale as a ganfer.”

“... the Ganfers, the Sluagh, the Demons of Hell.”

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