Trivia Bits!

What's the difference between a ghoul and a goblin?

It has come to my attention that these words are being tossed
around too easily, as if they meant almost the same thing.
Let's not get sloppy just because it's almost Halloween.

Ghouls are the more disgusting of the two. They were evil
spirits who robbed graves to eat the dead. (This was before
fast food hamburgers). The 19th century low-life grave robbers
who provided doctors with fresh corpses on which to experiment
were also called ghouls.

Goblins were frightfully ugly sprites who could be bad as bad
can be, but sometimes were merely mischievous. The latter were
often called hobgoblins. Some goblins were also said to come
with old houses (and you thought crabgrass was a problem!).
(Source: WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY)

Why do we call people who turn into wolves "werewolves"?

Well, what would YOU call a person who turned into a wolf?
Something respectful, I hope, if he were standing nearby.

The werewolf legend dates back at least to ancient Rome. The
King of Arcadia was said to have been turned into a wolf when
he sought to test the divinity of the god Jupiter by serving
him a hash made from human flesh. Jupiter, who was probably
partial to omelets, took offense and before you know it, the
King was howling at the moon.

Oh, the word werewolf comes from the Old English, "wer,"
meaning man. Yes, man-wolf sounds backwards, but what do you
expect from a guy who walks around on all fours?
(Source: BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE)