Alright then, let’s clear some misconceptions about ‘don’t let the munchkins bite’. Here I used, a. Figure. Of. Speech. It doesn’t literally mean munchkins bite, although like @Deadpool198 said, they could use them as a last resort in terms of the munchkins. In this period of time, mothers and fathers in the refuges set up in Domini Omnipotentis would tell their children to be, generally, beware of the ogres as they could harm you. I nicked this idea (like all excellent writers do) from His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. In the ‘Northern Lights’ (or ‘Golden Compass’ as it was published in some countries) as the Gobblers became prominent within the gyptian community, parents would warn their children not to stroll too far away or suffer capture by the Gobblers.
I hope that clears up some confusion,
Elijah 