School: An Tobar
- Location:
- Tubber, Co. Galway
- Teacher: P. Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)ran away and she left the comb on the stile. The man took the comb and he ran home with it. The Banshee followed him but she did not catch him. When she came to the door of the man's house she began to cry. The Banshee cry is very mournful. After a while the man got afraid and he put the comb out through the key-hole of the door with the tongs. The Banshee took the comb and she said that he was lucky when he did not put out his hand because she would break(continues on next page)
