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| 'Banshee' |
A banshee is an old
Irish legend that states a female spirit that begins wailing will warn of an
impending death in a household…certainly not a pleasant thing…perhaps you’ve
heard the saying “wailing like a Banshee” before and wondered where it
originated… Irish legend speaks of a lament being sung by a woman, and she would
sing it when a family member had died… or was about to die…even if the person
had died far away…even in a different land and news of their death had not yet
arrived…so that the wailing of the banshee was the first warning the household
had of the death…she also can predict death to someone close…she will also
scream and wail sometimes when a person is about to enter a dangerous situation
in an attempt to save them… there are times when several banshees have gathered
and made themselves known at once…it is said that this indicates the death of
someone great or holy.
