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School: Baile Glas (roll number 13654)

Location:
Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Cáit Ní Rúis
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  1. The Banshee and Other Spirits

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    The old Irish people believed very much in ghosts, and the banshee.
    The banshee was supposed to belong to certain families, and the night before one of the family died she was heard cry-ing near the house of the person that was to die, and then she was heard by one who was not one of the family and sometimes she was seen. She was a beautiful lady with a white cloak and long
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Grealy
    Gender
    Male