Early versions of the song refer to her fear of the "bugaboo" rather than the foggy dew.
A unique display of bugaboos occurring in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands in the past, as well as at present.
There he became famous for fitting captured Russian engines to the obsolete French fighter Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, thereby creating a first rate fighter, the Mörkö-Morane ("mörkö" being Finnish roughly for "bogeyman" or "hobgoblin").
Some of the most common characters in the Unseelie Court are Bogies, Bogles, Boggarts, Abbey Lubbers and Buttery Spirits.
In the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly episode "Babies", Gary (played by Martin Clunes) and his fiancée Dorothy (played by Caroline Quentin) are talking about having kids, and she says, "I suppose the big question is, 'Do I really want to have children with a man who still has a Fungus the Bogeyman pillowcase?'".
Law & Order (Episodes: Betrayal, Driven, Executioner, Bogeyman, Lost Boys)
The Law & Order episode "Bogeyman" in season 18 is loosely based on the deaths of Duncan and Blake.
Karapandža is a Serbian surname derived from a type of "bogeyman" found in Southeastern European folklore - see Karakoncolos.