 Habetrot

Habetrot ("Habitrot", "Habtrot" and "Habbitrot") is a figure in folklore of the Border counties of Northern England and Lowland Scotland associated with spinning and the spinning wheel.A well known folktale to feature this character was recorded in Selkirkshire and featured her along with two other spinsters, Scantlie Mab and Owkasaánd, who in complement to Habetrot's deformed lips feature a splayed foot and a flat thumb respectively.