School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan
- Location:
- Rathangan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sr. M. Pádraig
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- The BansheeA long time ago there was a boy and he was going on a message. He had to oass through a field and as he was crossing it he saw the "Banshee" combing her hair. He stole up behind her and he snapped the comb out of her hand and he hid.
The "Banshee" used to come every night, crying at the window for her comb. The boy went to the priest and he asked him what would he do. The priest told him that he was to get tongs, and he was to put it in the fire until it woukd get red. The boy did as he was told, and the next night when she came, he got the tongs, and he put them in the fire, until it got red. He then got the comb between the claws of the tongs, and he handed it out through the window to her. She snapped it from him and in doing so, she took the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patricia Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountprospect, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs Cunningham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonbrin, Co. Offaly