Crossword-Solution: BANSHIE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Banshie | n. | A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
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greedy person
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Sentences with BANSHIE (3)
And folk to come ayont the sea May hear the yowl o’ the Banshie, And frae the water-kelpie flee, Ere a’ things cease, And island bairns may stolen be By the Folk o’ Peace.
Such instances of mysterious union are recognized in Ireland, in the real Milosian families, who are possessed of a Banshie; and they are known among the traditions of the Highlands, which, in many cases, attached an immortal being or spirit to the service of particular families or tribes.
There is the legend of the “Ellyllon,” a prototype of the Scotch and Irish “Banshie,” which appears as an old crone, with streaming hair and a coat of blue, with her boding scream of death.