Lewis, Fairweather. "The Black Friar of Newstead Abbey and Friends: Death Omens." Fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com. N.p., 20 June 2010. Web. 4 Dec. 2012. JPEG file.
Banshee or "Bean si" translates as woman of the other world. Banshee was believed to be a woman, maybe an old pagan goddess, that was supposed to predict an oncoming death. This woman was told to have attached herself to Irish families making the families haunted and seducing other young woman then killing them. Banshee appeared to be a young woman wearing bloodstained clothes sometimes said to have had red hair and often spotted near water (lake or river). She would wail the most awful cry, loud and alarming. When her mourning was heard, people of the town would know that it was someone's time to pass on.
Harvey, Steenie. "Twilight Places: Ireland's Enduring Fairy Lore." World & I. March 1998: 186-193. SIRS Renaissance. Web. 04 Dec 2012.
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