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BANSHEE

IN IRELAND WHEN YOU HAVE HEARD THE WAIL OF THE BANSHEE, YOU
YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WILL DIE.
THIS WAILING PRECEDES THE COMING OF THE COACH OF DEATH
WHICH IDENTIFIES THE BANSHEE, AND IS DRAWN BY 4 BLACK HORSES.
THIS COACH CARRIES THE ONE WHO IS TO DIE TO THE UNDERWORLD.

Where learned: TRENTON

James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER

Subject headings:

686 Fourths / Quarters
BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 12-00-1968

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