He even believed,—or thought he believed,— in banshees.
He marched his men up, with the thin wailing of a banshee in his ears.
Long and lamentable, as the warning cry of the banshee, wailed the dreary blast.
The west wind with an awful wail and roar rushed into the shack, carrying with it the fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees.
Then Polly sewed, and told a story about a beautiful maiden in a lonely tower, and an old banshee that went about nights, howling, and knocking at folks' windows.
There was a shrill scream from the banshee.
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I might call him abansheebecause abansheeis a very aristocratic ghost in a lot of cases.
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Will he explain whether the excellentbansheesiren system which has been tested recently will be purely a fire alarm or will have a wider significance?
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The first banshees seen were female elves that have returned from the dead in this form.
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In later versions, thebansheemight appear before the death and warn the family by wailing.
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Bansheesurvives the attack and recuperates in the hospital.
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Some of the members of the party consider it to be a ghost orbanshee.
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It is thought that from this myth comes the idea that the wailing of numerous banshees signifies the death of a great person.
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When he refuses to leave her alone, herbansheescream virtually disintegrates him.
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Alleged sightings of banshees have been reported as recently as 1948.
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Abansheeis believed to wander this area and the surrounding marshland.
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Seebanshee.; sleveen, sleiveen: (from "slghbhn/slbhn") an untrustworthy or cunning person.
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It was only due to her unrequited love that she was hovering as abansheeso far, she explains.
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A bony arm protrudes from a crypt with a wine glass in its hand, while banshees ride bicycles in the distance.
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He was also behind thebanshee, which was only a hologram.
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Much like abanshee, the sound of a raven mocker means that someone will soon die.
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