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...