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Screaming Banshee Poetry:



In Irish folklore, the Banshee is seen as both faerie and ghost. As a faerie, she is used
in stories to warn children of the dangers of being out alone. They would be told,
"the wind through the trees in the winter forest is the banshee." Essentially, she is
the one blamed for the things that howl and go bump in the night. Mostly she is known
for her association with death. Although not always seen, her mourning call is heard,
usually at night when someone is about to die.

The Banshee is often described as a beautiful young woman with streaming auburn hair
wearing a green woolen dress with gray cloak clasped about her shoulders. She has also
been seen wearing the grey hooded cloak or the grave robe of the unshriven dead.

A Banshee may also appear as a washer-woman, and is often seen at rivers and waterfalls.
On the battlefield she can be seen washing the clothes of a solider who will soon be lost
in battle. The only hint that this beautiful Banshee is a messenger of doom comes from
the fact that her eyes are blood red from crying for her dead.

In all respects the Banshee is seen as a bearer of bad fortune or death, but in
actuality she is fortelling the inevitable and paying her respects to the soon to be departed.

 

My Butterfly

My Song

Laughter and Sunshine

Screaming Banshee

Button

Wind

Anticipation



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