"Stupid, primative, distrustful, and unbelievably ugly creatures. They have noses like cucumbers, and a tail. They are horribly strong and fast, and they stink. They often keep boxes full of stolen money and jewels, with which they play with for hours, running their fingers through them.
Size: over 1 meter tall.
Hair: black and filthy."

from "Gnomes" or "leven en werken van de Kabouter"
(its hard to understand who the hell wrote the book)
as a child my mother would put the book out on a table at christmas time for some odd reason. these trolls frightened me.