L. Sydney Abel was born in Kingston upon Hull
Witchy-poo faces and the words
‘Ish-ish Ishbochernay’
led to this story
An old lady known as Ish-ish Ishbochernay,
lives alone in her ordinary house with her white cat.
She paints the apples on her apple tree with
sticky-bat glue to catch children.
Lucretia Crumb, a girl of unusual nature, knows
a thing or two and believes Ish-ish is a witch.
Ish-ish loves finger and fingernail stew.
Lucretia wants to keep all her fingers…