From the Irish 'bean si' <br />(or, woman of the 'side') <br />A female spirit that likes <br />to catch you with your <br />knickers down - for she's <br />a messenger like the <br />Grim Reaper - both, an <br />omen of death; and they <br />have both taken an encore <br />for appearing in a number <br />of different roles; but never <br />for situations in folklore; <br />They like to pick a family <br />member and 'attach' <br />themselves, kind of like <br />someone's mother-in-law; <br />After the 'attachment', <br />then come the cries - <br />heralding that someone <br />specials death; after <br />that, the wailing - <br />'harpooned' like a large <br />fish, cut-up into pieces <br />by the unholy sound; <br />This ghost is often a <br />specified murdered <br />woman, trying to find <br />her soul; Banshees are <br />described as being <br />dressed in funeral white <br />or gray, combing their <br />hair with a silver comb; <br />and if you should come <br />upon this comb lying on <br />the ground - 'Lacrimabilis <br />thema vivus bestia'. <br /> <br />'2008'<br /><br />Robert Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/banshee-2/
