Yeth-Hounds
Dogs without heads, said to be the spirits of unbaptised
children, which ramble among the woods at night, making wailing noises.
(Devonshire.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Yeth-Hounds from Fact Monster:
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