Betty Stogs

Betty Stogs was a Cornishwoman in a folktale. She lived on moorland near Towednack, Cornwall, England. She had a six-month-old baby but was lazy and dissipated. The neglected baby was cared for by the fairies, who returned it clean and laid upon a bed of moss.[1][2] The tale is a traditional one of the area; a warning to mothers to look after their children properly, lest the pixies take them.[3]

A beer is now named Betty Stogs after this character. With an ABV of 4.0% it is brewed by Skinner's Brewery in Truro and won the CAMRA prize for Champion Best Bitter in 2008.[4] The beer is the subject of songs:[5][6][7]

"Farewell to your wines and whiskies
Your brandies and your grogs
I’d sail the world and back again
For a pint of Betty Stogs"

References
  1. Robert Hunt, "Betty Stogs and Jan the Mounster", Popular romances of the west of England, 1, pp. 95–100
  2. Deane, Tony; Shaw, Tony (1975), The Folklore of Cornwall, Batsford, p. 93
  3. Harristitle, Jason Marc (2016), Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction, Routledge, pp. 79–80, ISBN 9781317134657
  4. Ben McFarland, World's Best Beers, p. 85
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "The original buoy band". Exmouth Shanty Men. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  7. "Exmouth Shantymen - A Pint of Betty Stoggs". YouTube. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2016-08-09.


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