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BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS 14

contents : From 1830 - 1860 : Beliefs and customs
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Summary: Banshee

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Rural people were frightened of the Banshee. It was believed to appear before unsuspecting people and cry out. People who experienced ‘the cry of the banshee’ feared that a close friend or relative was about to die.

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