THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The river Tees has its sprite, called Peg Powler, whose delight it is to lure too venturesome bathers into her subaqueous haunts, and then drag them to the bottom and drown them.  Children are still warned from playing on the banks of the river, especially on Sundays, by threats that Peg Powler will catch hold of them and carry them off.  Peg has long green tresses, hanging down over her shoulders, but what her costume is we are not told.

Brockie/Durham, 1886