diddies n pl also ditties*. Cp EDD dither v: var didder 'to tremble, shiver'; 4 sb pl 'shivering fit ... horrors.' Nightmare; restlessness in one's sleep; cp HAG¹, HAG-RODE.
   1896 J A Folklore ix, 36 ~ nightmare. P 205-54 ~ nightmare; walking in your sleep crying and bawling. C 70-25 The person hagged is said to be in the ditties. C 75-146 You were up with the ditties again last night.

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