Alaina Urquhart
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I'd be like, why you got an extra foot?
Yeah, why you got an extra foot?
So in Germany and Austria, they sometimes portray her as a witch named Frau Perchta.
I originally said her name because it's Perchta and Perchta.
And she basically just hands, she will hand out rewards for good kids, but she'll also hand out
Some pretty severe punishments for bad kids, like all of these do.
It's during the 12 days of Christmas, which is December 25th through Epiphany on January 6th.
She's possibly best known not for her rewards that she gives, but for...
what she does to the bad kids.
And what she does is if you're not awesome, she will disembowel you and replace your organs with hot garbage.
That's something that just sticks with you, I think.
And on the 12th, this all kind of happens on the 12th night of Christmas, which is the Feast of Epiphany.
That's when she'll creep into homes and she'll either disembowel your ass or she'll leave a piece of silver in the shoes of children and servants who have been good.
Oh, and she also cuts kids' tongues with glass if they lie.
Don't fuck with Frau Perchta.
Now, there is a slightly different version of this legend, and it's according to Linda Radish, which I probably said her name wrong.