Regarding the origin of "bogle", I have also seen it linked to Welsh. I came across it in lines spoken by Hermione in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" : "Sir, spare your threats. The bug which you would fright me with, I seek", where the footnotes describe "bug" as "bugbear" and "bogey", giving the origin as obsolete Welsh bwg, meaning ghost, hobgoblin, with the modern Welsh bwgan.
I believe scarecrows are sometimes known in Scotland as "tatty bogles" ?
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