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People from the Pyrenees thought that witches, Akerbeltz and the demon could go to any house and take the beard from a billy-goat in order to make hail. That is the reason why in Freser they have always said: "A la casa han tosa la cabra, aquesta tarde tindrem pedra"; "They have cut the billy goat's beard, this afternoon it is going to hail".
Koziołek Matołek (Silly the Billy-Goat) is a fictional character created by Kornel Makuszyński (story) and Marian Walentynowicz (art) in one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in 1933. It became a cult classic, popular since its creation till today, and becoming an important part of the canon of Polish children's literature.
Young boy in a billy cart outside a Queenslander home at Indooroopilly, Brisbane ca. 1910. The first references to billy carts appear in the 1880s, with the term identified as originating from wooden carts pulled by billygoats, with these carts being a commonplace occurrence throughout Australia prior to the emergence of the automobile.
A billy goat is a male goat. Billy goat may also refer to: Billy Goat (band), American band; William Windsor (goat), a goat also known as Billy the Goat; Billy Goat, a character in the Donald Duck universe; The Billy Goat Tavern, a chain of taverns mostly in the Chicago area. Sergeant Bill, a Canadian WW1 military mascot
Frances Trego Montgomery (July 18, 1858 – April 5, 1925) was an American children's book writer best known for her series of books about the goat Billy Whiskers.. Frances Trego Montgomery was born on July 18, 1858 in Philadelphia.
The most common etymology proposed is that meaning meadow (larre) of the male goat (aker "buck, billy goat"). The Spanish Inquisition accused people of worshipping a black goat, related to the worship of Satan. An alternative explanation could be that it originally was alkelarre, alka being a local name for the herb Dactylis hispanica.