by I have • for brains October 28, 2003
n.
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.
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Irish Gaelic bean sídhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben. See gwen- in Indo-European Roots) + sídhe, fairy (from Old Irish síde, genitive of síd, fairy mound. See sed- in Indo-European Roots).
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.
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Irish Gaelic bean sídhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben. See gwen- in Indo-European Roots) + sídhe, fairy (from Old Irish síde, genitive of síd, fairy mound. See sed- in Indo-European Roots).
by I have • for brains October 28, 2003