Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)

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1. The Banshee (continued)

   

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   As luck would have it I was not much the worse but, my shirt was torn from my neck. We made our way back to the horse and was getting him ready why my companion spoke for the first time. "Well I was right" he said, there is some evil abroad and there seems no reason why there should not be another brute - or fifty more for that matter."
   "There won't be another" I said "I dunno" he continued and we haven't seen the banshee yet." "I thought you wanted to see the banshee" said the Priest turning to me,"You won't see one but you may see something worse. "What do you mean" I asked "Death itself" replied the Priest "come on."
   We all got into the car, the horse made good pace towards the bridge. We had approached to within a short distance of it when he swerved again and the horse stopped

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   History Edit

   Date

   6 July 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Máirtín de Róiste