| 单词 | banshee |
| 例句 | The cat uttered another banshee scream and stepped forward with a stiff-legged, sideways movement, his squinting, terrible eyes fixed on his enormous adversary. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got down to where the sidewalk started, some of them stopped and decided to turn back, too embarrassed to enter the white part of town whooping like banshees. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Sounded like a banshee. Maybe you’ve got to get past one of those next, Harry!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We get three seconds Of pinwheels, whistling banshees, Some cones and pyramids That stink but won’t work, And black pills That vomit snakes Of ash. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The banshee made a rasping noise and clutched her throat; her voice was gone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Standing next to him, George Pocock threw back his head and howled like a banshee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t storm around here like a banshee. Madam will beat you bloody. Me too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have scared the bejeebies out of myself had I seen me coming—dressed like a scarecrow, screeching like a banshee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Crackling, keening, bursting, pounding, the wind screeching like banshees. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns and opens his mouth, but before he has time to utter a word Marlena explodes again, shrieking like a banshee, poking a finger in his face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if that’s what a banshee sounds like, but it’s super loud. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z They heard the Stuka climb from its dive even as they heard the banshee wail of the next attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Getting out, she kept her gun on John, then sidestepped to me, the screaming banshee in her grass. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to howl like banshees!” he tells us in this excited way he gets sometimes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A lock of banshee hair that sang them to sleep whenever the moon was full. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In the blackness of the eternal night, all the wickedest creatures—the trolls and banshees and ogres—have driven the good creatures into hiding. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Dolores flitted around the car, screaming like a banshee, her face bedizened with fury. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The banshee turned into a rat, which chased its tail in a circle, then — crack!— became a rattlesnake, which slithered and writhed before — crack!— becoming a single, bloody eyeball. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The one who gutted travelers, coated herself in their blood, and screamed like a banshee? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She screams at me like a banshee and jumps around the kitchen and threatens to drag me to the priest, the bishop, the Pope himself if he lived around the corner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The connotations promise to be much more pleasant, however, at this event at the Irish Arts Center, where the banshee will inspire a children’s celebration of sound. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z And Forget, its title shrieked as a banshee war-cry over icy chords and frowning drums. Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough? – review 2012-07-05T20:15:01Z Once again, Corin Tucker’s lead vocals make her a banshee with a mission, singing about minimum-wage purgatory, fervent iconoclasm and “dread in our own Gilded Age.” The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z For first-hand banshee testimony, go back to the stories, and hear the voice of an artist who speaks to us not just from nearly 200 years ago but from beyond the grave, or inside it. The Raven: Edgar Allen Poe Solves a Serial-Killer Mystery 2012-04-27T10:30:18Z He probably thought I was a banshee because I would make up things that I did that I didn’t really do. The Surprising Origins of #MeToo 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Instead of doing a body scan, I fantasized about flinging off my pillows and running through the empty space in the center of the hall, screaming like a banshee. My exhausting meditation retreat: 10 days of Vipassana, silence and spiders 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The tunes helpfully explain not only the meaning of the show’s title but also elements of Irish folklore like leprechauns, banshees and rainbows. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The assembly plaintively asks, “Don’t you know any tale of banshees, goblins or witches?” Boo! The best ghost stories you probably haven’t heard yet. 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z “Wind howled like a banshee through its branches,” he writes, “and ominous bangs and thuds echoed up from deep inside the timber.” Review | He has the job every kid wants: He climbs trees for a living. 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z She performs like a punk banshee, in a fevered state, fearless, cursing, flailing, falling from the stage in 1977, fracturing several vertebrae and requiring 22 stitches. Patti Smith, an accidental rock legend, has finally become the artist she always wanted to be 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Even in the Blues movement, the wonderfully long-lined spiritual heart of the concerto, the brass wails like banshees. The short and the long of the American conversation in Wynton Marsalis' Concerto in D at the Bowl 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z She Wolf finds her howling like a banshee. Shakira ? review 2010-12-15T18:45:07Z Like her Monster High classmates, Scarah Screams is the daughter of a classic monster—in this case, a banshee. New Monster High doll debuts 2012-07-12T21:35:00Z I was picturing a terrifying banshee or oracle, but Hval is calm and thoughtful, quick to laugh beneath her childlike fringe of hair. Singer Jenny Hval: 'I'm so cruel' 2013-04-18T05:00:01Z Seemingly fragile at first, she was anything but as she strutted across the stage and turned into an electronically looped banshee. Music Review: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause 2011-03-28T23:31:42Z And “Been Away Too Long” matches melody to mayhem, with Cornell’s voice oscillating between extremes of tattered roars and banshee wails, miraculously locating a smooth croon in the middle territory. With King Animal, Soundgarden Reigns Again 2012-11-12T19:50:39Z But Walter resisted the reflex to play Evelyn as a B-movie banshee, or a pathetic patsy of the feminist movement the film caricatures so floridly. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The TAP Air flight was met with police upon landing and the woman, who officers reportedly labeled a “banshee,” was detained. ‘Worst’ airline passenger has meltdown over not being served Pepsi: ‘She looked like a demon’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z No supernatural being makes a scarier noise than the Irish banshee, a howling wraith whose wails foretell death. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z For example, the studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran — what the humans call the banshees. The New, Improved James Cameron Wants to Reintroduce You to ‘Avatar’ 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But when Kit receives a visitation from her dead husband warning of a “banshee” in their midst, Junior's precarious sanity hangs in the balance. One family's cry of the 'Banshee' at Theatre of NOTE 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The new ending turned Alex into “this banshee figure,” she said. In ‘Fatal Attraction,’ Lizzy Caplan Makes a Mess 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He called Guilfoyle a “vengeful banshee who will haunt your dreams.” Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech makes her the comics’ favorite 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Imagine all the fun and chaos of Baltimore's Ponytail but with much less banshee. February's best music from across the MAP 2011-02-15T11:40:25Z The two of them created starkly different Lisbeths: Rapace played her as a smoldering but certainly human presence, while Mara’s Lisbeth was like something from the spirit world, a banshee gone silent. Noomi Rapace Arrives in Hollywood, by Way of Outer Space 2012-05-27T14:10:42Z A woman in the audience shrieks: "We love you, Regina!" like a small banshee every couple of minutes. Regina Spektor – review 2012-07-07T23:05:38Z Her 1988 debut, “The Lion & the Cobra,” was feisty and angry, full of snarling guitars and banshee howls. Sinead O’Connor: “I couldn’t understand why people liked me” 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z They begin in the front row of the audience, emitting a high-pitched keening suggestive of banshees, and they wash up onto the stage in a slow, tidal motion. Dance Review: Luciana Achugar’s Latest Dance at Abrons Arts Center 2012-05-22T22:02:20Z Cue the usual jokes from them about Yoko squealing like a banshee and making no sense and she broke up the Beatles right, remember that, and don’t we hate her for that still? Why Yoko Ono doesn't deserve the hate 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z That gift shop, the Windtrader, hawks Pandora-specific tchotchkes that include a clever banshee puppet to squat and squawk on your shoulder. There are already four-hour lines at Walt Disney World’s new ‘Avatar’-themed attraction. Does Pandora live up to the hype? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z As the mob congregates — mystifyingly — at the hospital, Laurie is prompted to stumble briefly out of bed, stab herself with a painkiller-filled syringe and yowl like a banshee. ‘Halloween Kills’ Review: There Will Be (Copious Amounts of) Blood 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The punters are shaking and screaming like demented banshees at the heavens, such is their level of excitement. Baftas 2013: live! 2013-02-10T18:44:50Z Ms. Tucker’s lead vocals can sound like a banshee wielding a flamethrower. Sleater-Kinney Reunites 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z In certain episodes, he sounded like an avant-garde jazz clarinetist, all reedy lines, rude bleats and banshee shrieks. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “Is there a screaming banshee in the room? Is someone casting a spell from hell?” he remembered thinking. Chris Cornell: Soundgarden’s dark knight of the grunge-music scene 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Her debut album will be called Love From Dum And Mad, its title capturing the intriguing split in Shah's character between loving family girl and avenging banshee. Nadine Shah (No 1,366) 2012-10-05T08:00:06Z Ms. Henson does what she can with a role that keeps her anger at a low simmer until requiring her to go full banshee within basically one scene. Review: In ‘Acrimony,’ Taraji P. Henson Endures Marriage and Script Woes 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He was also prolific: Besides ghosts, he wrote about werewolves and banshees, strange cults and secret societies, curses and spiritualism. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell Everyone else scattered, thinking that I was a banshee. Wendell Pierce: The First Time My Dad Gave Me ‘The Talk’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Glowing tendrils unfurl from the ceiling, trees are so lush that they look alive, and the soundtrack is so extraterrestrial that you half-expect a banshee to swoop in any second. 'Avatar' and its blue moon land at Seattle's EMP | SFM 2011-06-04T04:22:46Z Her voice can tease, bite, whisper, croon, rasp or rise to a banshee wail. Mon Laferte Wants to Give You Goose Bumps 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It worked to the detriment of the Republican Party in local and state elections across the country on Tuesday – and that is why Donald Trump and his supporters continue to wail like banshees. Cancel the Donald Trump reality show: War in the Middle East makes Don's courtroom antics irrelevant 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Call it the wailing of the banshees or whatever else you want, but Trump now seems the living embodiment of Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting in oil tempera, pastel and crayon, "The Scream." Donald Trump has gone off the deep end for real: He's a danger to humanity 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Both center on one of the genre’s most reliable tropes: mothers who either turn into monsters or have been banshees from hell from the very beginning. Perspective | Fear sells. This week we saw the cost. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Running a bit late, I drove like a banshee on the empty L.A. freeways to the carpool meeting place — only to find everyone gone. L.A. Affairs: I was wild, and he was a mountain man. Could we make magic together? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z A council leader "shouted like a banshee" at a worker who inadvertently damaged a hedge while strimming, a standards panel has found. Redcar leader apologises for standards breach 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z However, Jenny says she did resent being left alone with her mother who suffered from mental illness and often behaved like a "screaming banshee". 'I can't bear his blood in me' - sex abuser's daughter 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Donald Trump is doing what he always does: yelling like a banshee, moaning in despair, anger, victimhood and hatred, and promising that salvation can only be found through him. Adults in the playroom: Biden and Romney try to rescue order from chaos — but is that enough? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z One, Avatar Flight of Passage, is a 3-D motion simulator meant to forge an individual connection with one of those colorful, dragon-like creatures known as the banshee. How Disney kept the fire burning for 'Avatar' for 13 long years 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The pundits are screeching like banshees, warning of gloom and doom. We could face the sunset of democracy — or the end of the world: Get off your butt and vote 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Republicans, Arrington said, “may fight like banshees inside the house, but once we walk out that door, it’s one team, one fight.” GOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Trying to unwind on a packed flight while a baby screams like a banshee isn’t the most relaxing start to a vacation — and is exactly when a pair of noise-canceling earbuds could come in handy. 1More’s noise-canceling ComfoBuds Pro are nearly half off at $55 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z I wailed like a banshee and threw my keyboard at the wall, then ran out of my room. The gadgets we broke 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Those screams you hear resembling a wailing banshee are coming from Democrats. After defeat in Virginia, Democrats — and America — face a dangerous inflection point 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z An actress walks through walls of apps and selects Xbox Game Pass, which triggers Master Chief to appear and blast a Halo banshee out of the sky. Microsoft’s first Windows 11 commercial features Master Chief blowing stuff up 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The enablers of our misbegotten occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq have been shrieking like banshees at Biden, trying to manacle him to their own past mistakes as he attempts to lift off. Opinion | Drowning Our Future in the Past 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the airfield was a site of constant activity, with queues of dark-gray U.S. military transport aircraft and the banshee scream of Qatari Air Force Rafale jets streaking into the distance. 7 Afghans die amid chaos at Kabul airport as U.S. orders airlines to assist with airlifts 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z She is a banshee that will do anything to get attention,” Ms. Navarro said. MTG’s apology for Holocaust comparison fails to convince ‘The View’ co-hosts 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z As Anderson, in the beautifully-written narration, says, “the spirit of modern life was a banshee, screeching into the future.” Review: 'Sisters With Transistors': Breaking barriers with electronic sounds 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Master Chief appears and blows up a Halo banshee. Microsoft’s first Windows 11 commercial features Master Chief blowing stuff up 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z From his masks to his words to his words about masks, he steered the statesmanlike path to another College Football Playoff berth while the disruptions made some peers go full banshee. Alabama advances to the national title game with an artful offensive performance 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z This is a ghost ship, a skeleton crew drifting through the doldrums, encircled by YouTube banshees wailing into the night. Arsenal's problems lie with Kroenke's ownership rather than Arteta | Barney Ronay 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z The music ends, silence ensues and the void is suddenly filled by a banshee wail from five stories above: F.P. Perspective | What does baseball sound like during a pandemic? Loneliness — and hope. 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Then, in July, Jameson admitted to “losing control and eating like a crazed banshee” before returning to the diet. Jenna Jameson reveals she's ‘back on track’ on keto diet after gaining 20 pounds 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z At the same time, she was subjected to withering condescension by both critics and other female musicians, who either labeled her an unhinged “banshee” or a varnished sellout. Alanis Morissette Isn’t Angry Anymore. But ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Rages On. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Plus, it was night, and Descanso in the dark affords a healthy habitat for banshees and arcane rites, both of which “Silence at Descanso” understands. Review: At Descanso Gardens, music meets nature and 'Silence' means many things 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “Let’s talk jumping back on the wagon after losing control and eating like a crazed banshee,” Jameson wrote in a lengthy caption of herself in two split before-and-after bikini photos. Jenna Jameson is ‘back on the wagon’ after quitting keto diet: I was ‘eating like a crazed banshee’ 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z In Irish folktales, banshees are often heard keening or lamenting the dead by wailing and shrieking. Some of Overwatch’s best skins are steeped in folklore and mythology 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z I can only describe it sounds like a banshee type noise. Transcript: Pat Fitzgerald 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z He into petulant teen, me into screeching banshee. Housemates from hell - me and my 23-year-old son 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Pelosi’s committee chairmen are beginning to do their duty of holding the president accountable, and Trump will undoubtedly fight like a cornered banshee. Opinion | Nancy Pelosi steals the spotlight 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Bronze age humans who believed in demons and magic, who heard banshees in the wind, who imagined fairies in the garden. Why They Stay. Why They Can’t: New York Catholics Wrestle With Their Faith Over Abuse Allegations 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z When she tried to touch him, he screamed like a banshee. How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z When one of Greg’s patients inquires, “Who’s the banshee?” you expect a laugh track to punctuate the corny joke. ‘A Kid Like Jake’: a light but daring take on 4-year-old’s gender identity 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z That's all well and good - but just how noisy is it going to be, exactly, sitting directly underneath this screaming banshee of angry supersonic airflow? Bloodhound Diary: Braking with confidence 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The sounds are primal and ethereal; rooted in nature yet otherworldly, as if banshees are conniving with angels. Voices of the City: Experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar uses her voice to explore herself and others 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s like the primal shriek of a banshee. What I figured out about America’s future from visiting Trump resorts throughout the world 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z A: I guess it is somewhere between a mermaid and a screaming banshee. Haley Reinhart of ‘American Idol’ releases album of ‘60s covers 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Stonehenge — where the demons dwell, where the banshees live and they do live well — gets the archaeological once-over on a new “Nova.” TV This Week, Oct. 8-14: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' 'BET Hip-Hop Awards' and more 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z And every stroke she hit was punctuated by a banshee shriek. Sharapova, a tennis star with hyper focus and tough love 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s possible to go on a wild simulator ride such as Flight of Passage at Pandora and simply just enjoy the thrill of soaring on the back of a dragon-like creature called the banshee. This is your brain on Disneyland: A Disney-addict's quest to discover why he loves the parks so much 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z We didn’t just watch the Na’Vi fly across the screen on their winged banshees, we flew with them over the vistas of the tropical planet of Pandora. A visit to Disney's Pandora — what we learned 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the more thrilling Avatar Flight of Passage aims to simulate the effect of riding a banshee, one of "Avatar's" winged, dragon-like animals. A breakdown of what it's like to walk, ride and glide through Disney World's new Pandora park 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z I fly home like a banshee, and scream in a Peggy-Mitchell-like fashion. Cat on a cold tiled roof - BBC News 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Those waves also sound remarkably like a gaggle of banshees: Listen to the sound of NASA’s Juno spacecraft crossing into Jupiter’s magnetic field 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z There’s screamers, which spiral out, leaving a smoky tail while screeching “like a banshee,” according to Scheldt. Policing the bird highway 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Once guests reach the top of the mountain, they enter caves that house giant paintings depicting the banshees and colorful, ancient-looking murals. A visit to Disney's Pandora — what we learned 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The cave eventually reveals itself to be a science center, where humans are working with the Na'Vi to protect the banshees from extinction. A breakdown of what it's like to walk, ride and glide through Disney World's new Pandora park 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z One owl shrieked like a banshee, so he was easy to spot. Annual count gives bird’s-eye view to birders’ passion 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “We were smoking like banshees, because we were so nervous,” Janet said. Bacteria on the Brain 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z One, two, three —” The Cool Dads wince; the girls scream like banshees. The new YouTube stars that America might not be ready for 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z A screen appears in front, and we are immediately careening down a mountain on the back of a banshee. A visit to Disney's Pandora — what we learned 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z On the morning we set off from the genteel northern outskirts of Dunbar, a dense fog hung over the town and the only sound was the banshee shriek of seagulls. Scotland’s Newest Hiking Trail: Beginner-Friendly With Killer Views 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z For the record, I am going off of Deadline and Hollywood Reporter, as Paramount hasn’t officially emailed me and my son is wailing like a banshee in the middle of this Denny’s. 'Terminator Genisys' Box Office: Schwarzenegger Sequel Nabs $8.9M Wednesday 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z "James's music was the air under the banshees' wings, the ancient song of the forest, and the heartbeat of Eywa," they said. James Horner: James Cameron pays tribute to composer - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The machine screamed like a banshee as it ripped through a massive stump, reducing it to a blanket of wood chips. Traverse City man grinds his way to steady business 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z This is set at the Unholy Masquerade, an annual fancy-dress bash where the vampires club together with the zombies, banshees, and other mutants who infest Wellington. “Kingsman” and “What We Do in the Shadows” Reviews 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The Heat defends like banshees the hard way, while pressuring the ball and creating turnovers, rather than holding teams slowing the pace. Handicapping NBA Eastern Conference: Like LeBron James, It's Rebuilding 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z The last few weeks, the poor, overworked scanner developed what the Scouts referred to as a “banshee” screech. Scouts scan newspaper, 1 page at a time 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He’s played goblins in “The Hobbit,” a Who in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and a winged, dragon-like banshee in “Avatar.” Movement pro transforms actors into apes on film 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Rather than the banshee wail or blaring roar of a conventional racing engine, there is a muted whoosh of disturbed air and a whistling noise that brings to mind a jet engine. Shhh! It's time for Formula E! 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z But the real horror began after lunch, when Johnson tore in from the Cathedral End like some fast bowling banshee to blow the England middle order away. Johnson leaves England in disarray 2013-12-07T07:41:09Z If the banshee send-off the bowler gave the batsman was unedifying, and gained the attention of the umpires, then at least it showed the level of passion in him. First Test: Hamish Rutherford's 171 on debut is highlight of day three 2013-03-08T05:45:22Z Parents, don't let your kids run around screaming like banshees, and go to the bathroom to change their diapers, and don't complain about adults using adult language in adult conversations. City Room: Whose Beer Garden Is It, Anyway? 2012-08-02T22:28:28Z "The Vargin herself defend us all!" cried Judy, at the same time rapidly making a pious sign on her forehead, "if 'tis not the banshee!" Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z And his banshee's wail—now far and broken— Murmured "Death" as he gave the token By the bonny green woods of Killeevy. Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z In the West Indies the Lilac is a flower of mysterious power; its perfume keeps away evil spirits, ghosts, banshees. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Could it be the banshee--messenger of ill? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Hush, hush! have you heard what the banshee said? A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z No. There is always some one on his back, and the banshee follows at his heels, wailing and moaning the way you’d be scared out of your wits.’ The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z And then she too passed out, and the heavy hall door slammed behind the three, and the rusty old gate screeched like a banshee as it swung back and closed with a clang. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z I think the close connection between Danes, Pechts, and fairies will be apparent to all, although the fairy has more supernatural characteristics, and in the banshee assumes a very weird form. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z And what do you say to the banshee? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z A banshee!” she cried in a spasm of terror. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Here I have been, melancholy as a roofless banshee, for two whole days. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z An idiot on the idiot's bench called Graham Stuart was yelling like a banshee with a stubbed toe, and was almost thrown out by the Speaker. So much rage against Rupert Murdoch. And some of it may have been genuine 2011-07-13T18:30:26Z Except in the case of the banshee, fairies rarely partake of the nature of ghosts, and I should note that in her description of the apparition Lady Fanshawe does not use the word "banshee." Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z And there, flying down the street he saw what he called "a banshee"-like spectre "of horror indescribable, which beat its way slowly past the silent houses till it disappeared in the gloom beyond." Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z The dreary weather held, there was rain and snow, gales like famished banshees pounded and yammered at the hotel windows. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Dr. London said that as a small crowd began to gather, she stared down Ms. Caprario, describing her as “a screaming banshee.” City Room: A Taste for Pad Thai, Then Criminal Court 2011-06-14T23:59:40Z Mandy summoned her inner banshee, threw a lamp and some decent flatware. Sam Lipsyte: “Deniers.” 2011-04-25T04:00:00Z The respect paid to the fairy thorn is no doubt a survival of tree-worship, and in the banshee we have a weird being who has little in common with mortal woman. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z Miss W—— was always firmly convinced that what she heard and saw that night at Bangor were the shadow and the warning cry of the Colonel's family banshee. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z The wind worried and wailed through the tossing trees with whistling moans and shrieks that were desolately human, and made me think of the sobbing banshee of Irish legends. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Almost every castle in Ireland has its banshee, you know, but it only appears before a death in the family.” The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The banshee of the O’Neills was a firm article of faith of mine host in Antrim, who told me that his father had heard its wail. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z At Kincasslagh a graphic story was told me by an old woman of how two banshees attacked a man when he was crossing the "banks" at Mullaghderg. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z It is said to possess a banshee, and one can well believe it! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z They saw great quantities of waterbirds, geese, divers, Arctic partridge and the like, they became familiar with the banshee cry of the loon. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z “And what is the banshee of Castle Abbey?” the four girls asked in an excited chorus. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Finnerty's iron nerve went slack; his boy days of banshee stories flooded his mind in a superstitious wave as those devilish eyes hovered menacingly ten feet from the ground. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z His faithful dog had been chained at home, but, knowing the danger, escaped, saved his master, and killed one of the banshees. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z Ethel the Rams Fan reappears at 18:45, screaming like a banshee for the Rams’ late drive. The Fifth Down: Relive the Forgotten Great Super Bowl 2011-02-03T18:30:30Z Christianity did not kill the brood of a lively superstition, the fairy, the banshee, the spectre, charms, amulets, prophecies, wild legends, which in the times of gloom that followed strengthened their hold upon Irish imagination. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z In Ireland only certain families have a banshee, but in Brittany all families. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Winds that had howled like banshees moderated through the day to cello velocities, and Central Park was a child’s dream of winter, with sledders, skiers and strollers out in the drifts, cutting trails to nowhere. Blizzard Ends, Leaving Trail of Disruption Along Coast 2010-12-28T02:34:03Z The banshee may, indeed, partake to some extent of a ghostly character. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z Taken in 1968, Mr. Kane’s photo creates the impression of an eyeless, grimacing banshee figure falling out of the picture frame. | Long Island: Rock ?n? Roll Legends Posed and Exposed (but Only a Little) 2010-12-24T23:58:38Z Death-omens are common to all lands; even in America, there are tales of the banshee, imported from Ireland along with the sons of that soil. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z In Ireland and Scotland there is the banshee, in Wales the death-candle, in Brittany the Ankou or king of the dead, to foretell a death. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z If we put one on him, he yowls like a banshee and rolls around the floor trying to get it off, and he succeeds. Putting Collars on Cats 2010-09-15T19:02:00Z He was a great reader of fiction, and he had heard of Irish banshees and Brahmin ghosts; but never a living story-teller had painted such a face as he looked upon at that moment. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 "Lewis told me once he thought he had married a banshee." Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 In one recent case which came under my notice the banshee belonged to a Cambridgeshire Englishman. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z When more than one banshee is present, and they wail and sing in chorus, it is for the death of some holy or great one. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The wind worried and wailed through the tossing trees with whistling moans and shrieks that were desolately human, and made one think of the sobbing banshee of Irish legends. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Next day at breakfast I heard people telling how my mother and the servant had heard the banshee crying the night before he died. Reveries over Childhood and Youth "He married what is as rare as a banshee," said Margaret, who had been sitting at Laura's side, knitting a tidy for the arm-chair her skillful fingers had embroidered to embellish Cora's little Eden. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 This was at Evansville, Indiana, and the banshee had appeared before the deaths of five members of a family, the last of whom was the father. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z "But how did you know it really was the banshee after all, Thomas?" Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Well may that huddled heap of hills between Suvla Bay and Sari Bair be haunted by the wraith of Irish tragedy and grief; well may the wailing cry of the banshee be ever heard there. The Irish at the Front Once Sigurd, lying at full length, was squeezing a hollow rubber ball between his lips, making it emit harrowing squeaks that Ellen, hopping grotesquely up and down, identified as the cries of an imprisoned banshee. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I had no idea that I had married a banshee. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 The banshee, according to Mr. Baring-Gould, has no corresponding feature in Scandinavian, Teutonic, or classic mythology, and belongs entirely to the Celts. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z His voice came up remotely from two flights down, like a banshee voice drifting through a yellow sheol of dim-lit hallway. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Blaring metallic clangor, and the uncanny banshee wailing of the hunting sirens. Shock Treatment Echoed through the stillness of the sleep-bound house like a banshee's wail. The Time Mirror He heard the banshee wail of the alarm sirens as he slid his hatch cover into place. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. His name was Feast, and the circumstances attending the banshee’s visits were gravely described in a local journal as a matter of news. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Put me in a parlor, and I get weak-kneed as a cat—bashful as a banshee! Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Overhead the great stars shone brilliantly, while the low wind moaned like a banshee across the waste. Long Live the King It’s one of those banshees Harry Donnelle told us about–the kind the soldiers used to put up in the windmills in Flanders. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp The Island was full of widows and orphans and bereaved old people; there was scarce a window sill in Achill by which the banshee had not cried. An Isle in the Water Lull herself, though she had never seen anything, had heard the banshee wailing round the house the night the master's mother died. The Weans at Rowallan Here in the little sheltered hollow no goblins gibbered, no banshee wailed in the wet wood. Old Plymouth Trails If I ever heard a banshee, that is the cry! Nuala O'Malley A cigar box, a few strips of wire, and some odds and ends of willow wood suffice for the manufacture of the Flanders banshee. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp Barking at imaginary postmen, baying like a banshee at cars, baring his teeth at passersby, word travelled about this insufferable dog. The Land of Look Behind "I'm feared a' ghosts an' Kidnappers, an' Skyan the Bugler, an' the buggy boo an' the banshee, an' when I'm a bad girl I'm awful feared a' the divil." The Weans at Rowallan "It's mighty queer, that's all!" gasped Nick; while Jimmy stood as if turned into stone, his eyes round with fear and superstition, for Jimmy had inherited the regular Irish belief in banshees and ghosts. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Others, again, claim that banshees are mere thought materialisations handed down from one generation to another. Byways of Ghost-Land Dean," said Smithy, "old Riley may have been looking for banshees when he saw these lights. Two Thousand Miles Below He looked as though he had seen a ghost or heard a banshee. The Vagrant Duke After a bit Jane came into his room from the nursery; she could not sleep either, and she thought she had heard the banshee crying. The Weans at Rowallan It was about two hours later when the siren went off again like a banshee wailing to a low-hanging moon. This One Problem The banshee does not necessarily signify its advent by one wail—that of a clan allied to us wails three times. Byways of Ghost-Land The boring inner spaceship starts screeching like a banshee. Operation Earthworm "Speakin' o' a banshee," put in the blacksmith, "when I was at Neeag'ra Falls——" By the time the story was finished the company had come in view of the old shanty. Treasure Valley The ben-shie or banshee was a tutelar spirit, supposed to forebode by midnight howlings the death of a member of a family to which it was attached. Lady of the Lake "Like the banshee her appearance brings misfortune to us." The Art of Disappearing In Ireland, as in other countries, family ghosts are varied and distinct, and consequently there are many and varying forms of the banshee. Byways of Ghost-Land In Ireland legends of the banshee belong more particularly to certain families in whose records periodic visits from the spirit are chronicled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" In an incredibly short time they burst upon the Cameron milkstand, gasping out the appalling news that the banshee had got the doctor, and he was being murdered in the Drowned Lands! Treasure Valley It was as the wail of the banshee in his ear. Border Ghost Stories "O Spirit of the Waters!" he exclaimed; "O banshee of Clan Cas! why thus early in his life dost thou come to summon the son of Kennedy the King?" Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times To a member of our clan, a single wail signifies the advent of the banshee, which, when materialised, is not beautiful to look upon. Byways of Ghost-Land The Irish banshee is held to be the distinction only of families of pure Milesian descent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Say! he's scared stiff about the banshee that yells down in the Drowned Lands. Treasure Valley The man smiled quizzically at Nora, who acknowledged the salutation by a curtsy which would have frightened away the banshees of her childhood. The Place of Honeymoons Many a bit of English folk-lore—many an odd Irish fancy concerning fairies and the like; symbols of good-luck; banshees and "the little-folk"—came honestly to these people from the days of the Druids. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect Another banshee does not wail at all, but moans, and yet another heralds its approach with music. Byways of Ghost-Land This seemed to Gabrielle an unnecessary complication; but Biddy told her that if she didn't follow it in every particular the banshee would scratch the hand off her. The Tragic Bride Gilbert was reminded of the ghostly tales of the will-o'-the-wisp, and the banshee, and other terrifying creatures, which, village gossip said, inhabited the Drowned Lands. Treasure Valley I was, for some not very definite reason, glad that Kennedy did not again assert his banshee theory; he merely stated the facts of the case, leaving the others to draw their own conclusions. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise There was the uproar to be expected of a basso-profundo banshee in pain. Space Platform "And have him howling night and day as if we had a brood of banshees about the place?" said Mr. Locksley sarcastically. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 Presently he heard the long-drawn, quavering, banshee wail of a locomotive. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights He believes in ghosts, spooks, banshees, and wraiths,—everything uncanny,—and she'd haunt him if he laid his hands on her. Waring's Peril "I'm not sure, but there are tales about fairy raths and changelings and leprechauns and pookas and banshees, and all kinds of extraordinary creatures." The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life The Happy-Go-Lucky Inn," I observed, as soon as the flutter caused by this incident had subsided, "is no more haunted by a banshee than by a ghost. The Forsaken Inn A Novel The Irish poet bade the Irish banshee wail for him on whose burning tongue, truth, peace, and freedom hung. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III "Buy and sell and trample them all, I will, some day," he says, and dances a banshee dance with shuffling feet and flinging arms. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Yet he certainly does not believe in the existence of the banshee.” The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean I've often sat by her peat fire and heard about the banshee and the leprechaun; only, she believes in them. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life It was Martha who spoke stories of princesses and banshees and heroes and witch-wolves through the long nights when he could not sleep. If You Touch Them They Vanish And yet, as I said, the easiest, quietest people living here——" "Yes, yes; I'll bet a leprechaun's leap against a banshee's wail I know what peaceable kind they are. Sonnie-Boy's People My stars, what a party we shall have, with vampire bats, banshees and the like. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore I do not believe in the banshee, or any other being of the sort. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Griffin and Ricketts and Arnold answered with Parrotts and howitzers, throwing elongated, cylindrical shell that came with the screech of a banshee. The Long Roll Barely audible, faint as the blue outline of a distant hill, hungry and lost as the half-heard cry of a banshee, came the thin sound of high atmosphere against the ship's hull. Breaking Point Perhaps he's looking for a ghost right now, or one of those banshee's the Irish people believe in. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie Count fifty, Leila, after I am fairly in the room, then start that awful banshee wail you know how to give. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore “Why, you look as if you had heard the banshee howl, or dipped your face into a pot of white paint.” Paddy Finn The column, turning to the right, began to descend the mountain, a long, slipping, stumbling downward going, with the snow falling heavily and the wind screaming like a banshee. The Long Roll “Well, well, my joker,” said Sharp good-humouredly, joining in the laugh of the rest of the chaps, though it was against himself; “I’m sorry I hurt your feelings about that Irish banshee of yours!” Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy I left the road, circled the house with the turbine screaming like a banshee and the car taking the corners on the outside wheels. Highways in Hiding Fanshawe, Lady, when visiting in Ireland, heard the banshee of the family with whom she was visiting, one of whom did in fact die during the night. Real Ghost Stories He marched his men up, with the thin wailing of a banshee in his ears. Police Your Planet The girls rode in rolling chairs, and while they were not busy rivaling the banshee of Ireland, they laughed and flirted to their hearts' content. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs She scoffed at the idea of ghosts, and, like so many would-be wits, unreasonably brave by day, and the reverse by night, had hitherto attributed banshees and the like to cats and other animals. Scottish Ghost Stories The car shuddered, howled like a wounded banshee, and then leaped forward with a roar. Highways in Hiding Then they heard a faint, far-away wail, like that of a banshee. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur All last night it gurgled and howled and hooted in my chimney like a drunken banshee, and nearly frightened me to death. The Lady Paramount But he was under the spell of Sheba's innocence, of the mystery of her youth, of the charm she had brought with her from the land of fairies and banshees. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North The moaner went on for thirty seconds, like a banshee mourning its nearest and dearest. Four-Day Planet Then Polly sewed, and told a story about a beautiful maiden in a lonely tower, and an old banshee that went about nights, howling, and knocking at folks' windows. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 He thought guiltily of certain haunting fears of his childhood, ghosts in the attic, a banshee of which he had once heard a fearsome story, a cow that had chased him on the farm. The Emigrant Trail But it was Kitty that the banshee meant. Fairies and Folk of Ireland I supposed he meant at least a banshee, or at the very least an Irish wake! I Married a Ranger A good story is told of an Irish gentleman—still known in London society—who inherited the family estates and the family banshee. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country "She's a witch, and the banshees do her bidding," he whispered hoarsely. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats Anything you want; poltergeists; apparitions; cold, clammy hands in the dark; footsteps in the attic; clanking chains and eldritch screams; banshees. Murder in the Gunroom But sometimes the banshee leaves Ireland with the family that she belongs to, and so did ours. Fairies and Folk of Ireland He's not dead, Miss Bawn, for if he was dead the banshee would have cried. The Story of Bawn "Benediction, that I may rest, For all night did the banshee weep." The Haunted Hour An Anthology As Frenchy Donahue remarked: "It's bad enough to have a banshee tick-tocking around the place; but that tidy little bunch of cylinders would have made a lot more noise if they had been exploded." Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats "Sure, and it must be an Irish banshee!" murmured Mrs. Maguire. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida It's true, as you say, that the banshees mostly stay in Ireland, though they are heard to cry and moan for those of the family who are to die in any part of the world. Fairies and Folk of Ireland The white ash fell, the clock ticked, the wind went around the house with a faint, banshee crying. Foes I pray it may be Molly's self The banshee keens and cries, For who dare breathe the tale to her, Be it her man who dies? The Haunted Hour An Anthology It was for them an eerie thing, like the laughter of elves or the shriek of a banshee. The Gay Cockade And ever and ever an hour Will come that the heart-wraiths control, Till down from Eternity's tower A banshee shall ring for the soul. Debris Selections from Poems I did hear the banshee that time," his mother answered, "but I couldn't tell that it was Kitty that was to die. Fairies and Folk of Ireland It was like the wail of the banshee, which sounds clear to the fated hearer above all other noises. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Long and lamentable, as the warning cry of the banshee, wailed the dreary blast. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The whirr of the deadly little ball in its ebony runway was like nothing less than the exultant shriek of a banshee. The Day of Days An Extravaganza It grew darker as the night wore on, and sometimes a coyote would yelp from the fringe of willows that bordered a creek in a way that made Mary recall tales of banshees. Judith of the Plains But they told me you kept a private banshee, trained to visit those you didn't like. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment We were all wailing like banshees up there, but she no more than the rest. Ethel Morton at Rose House He did not try to stop me when I ran away—he even called after me, 'He's turned in at the church, you wild banshee!' The Ramrodders A Novel Her fingers closed over a piece of the banshee's robe. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas When you're going right it sounds a pass between a peanut roaster and a banshee with bronchitis. Half Portions I need not say that there is a banshee at Borris—though no living witness, I believe, has heard its warning wail. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) And it was at this point that Miss Whiffle walked like a banshee into the disturbed chambers of my life, and completed my demoralization. At a Winter's Fire "Well, for God's sake stop howling like a banshee, and go!" replied the hard-pressed Barty, "I'm about done myself!" Mount Music It did, indeed, look as though it might be the fabled banshee from the moors of County Mooreland. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas A fearful banshee image, or dying vision of the Life After? Oberheim (Voices) It was not until eleven o'clock—during the hours of Divine Service—that the hundred thousand ears adorning the anatomy of the human population were first shocked by the horrisonous banshee wail of the hooters. The Siege of Kimberley You will want to put out a bowl of fresh milk on the doorstep to appease the banshee—did you not know that the janitor of your Belshazzar Court would get it in the morning. Shandygaff "I tell you it's a banshee," cried Larry, his shock of red hair fairly standing on end. The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat Now that the banshee had been "laid" the frightened girls could afford to laugh and they did. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas It is a popular belief, still widely held in Japan, that certain families own spirit foxes, a kind of family banshee who render them service, but mark them with a curse. Kimono He even believed,—or thought he believed,— in banshees. The House of a Thousand Candles If I knew when Brossard was likely to whip you again, I'd suddenly appear on the scene and shriek out like a banshee and make him stop. The Gate of the Giant Scissors Says you have no more colour than a banshee, and not half the life—can't grasp the fact that it's just chronic antiquity. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 She dug her little heel into the ground to show how she would crush the banshee. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Every chief family of Ireland has its banshee, who is supposed to give it warning of approaching death or danger. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook From the wall somewhere behind the bed came a low, weird monotonous sound, half wail, half croaking moan, like a banshee with a cold. Cheerful—By Request Joyce had not practised that dismal moan of a banshee to no purpose in her ghost dances at home with Jack. The Gate of the Giant Scissors "I knew somebody was sure to come along when the O'Keefe banshee didn't show up." The Moon Pool There was no way for the banshees and the wood nymphs and the sprites to get into the house and take her while she slept, for there always was a fire in the fireplace. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas The White Lady of Avenel, a spirit mysteriously connected with the Avenel family, as the Irish banshee is with true Mile´sian families. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook "It was the work of the banshee all right," muttered Brady. Out of Time's Abyss The ceaseless whistle of wind in the rigging was punctuated by long-drawn howls which must have filled any conscientious banshee with corrosive envy. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf "But it was the Irish O'Keefe who sat out there waiting for the banshee," I laughed. The Moon Pool Well, one night a very powerful banshee came along and asked them what they were doing there. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas "My grief!" said the boy, "what has happened in the night, for I heard the banshee sobbing so bitterly through the dark?" The Story and Song of Black Roderick But presently, while a vague anxiety possessed almost every one present, there came from the staircase without a sudden cry of woe—a woman's shriek, long and shrill, ominous as the wail of the banshee. The Lovels of Arden While the cry of his son yet sounded in his ears, another cry like its echo from another world, rang ghastly through the storm like the cry of the banshee. Weighed and Wanting It's going to be a race between her and the O'Keefe banshee—but I put my money on her. The Moon Pool Down came the giant banshee in a mighty fall. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas "It is the banshee," quoth the knight, "who weeps for some death." The Story and Song of Black Roderick In Ireland, old crones tell marvellous tales about the hawthorns, and the banshees which have a predilection for them. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing There was a banshee wailing about my quarters in a minor key, very flat, last night. The Heavenly Twins And if we do have to go out, we'll see that banshee bunch clean up before we do, and pass in a blaze of glory. The Moon Pool A banshee is a ghost, that the peasants in Ireland believe in. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas At this junction our counsel interposed with a suggestion that there was no insinuation about any banshee residing at River Hall. The Uninhabited House "It might be wiser not to dismiss the banshees, as you call them, too hurriedly," Doctor Groom rumbled. The Abandoned Room I asked too if he had ever seen the banshee. The Celtic Twilight But I had heard no banshee wailing—and Larry had said he could not die without that warning—no, Larry was not dead. The Moon Pool The fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees gathered about the door of the shack," continued the first ghost, "Suddenly they heard a wild, weird wailing off on the moor. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Not knowing what a "banshee" was, Fernando, of course, could draw no conclusion from the comparison. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established It was not a banshee, but a forgotten fox-hound puppy, sitting mournfully on the gravel-walk beneath, staring at the clear ghastly moon. Yeast: a Problem She wailed like a banshee as she finally grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him as he desperately tried to escape. Abducted to Oz An' if the O'Keefe banshee comes here—which save the mark!—I'll bet she'll drop in on the Silent Ones for a social visit before she an' her clan get busy. The Moon Pool Harriet suggested the ghost party too, though the big banshee and the idea of the story were mine. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas And that before a chieftain's death, On moonless nights, by lightning shown, How oft they saw the water-wraith, And heard the weeping banshee's groan. Lays from the West For horror yet was in the sound, That froze my blood, and fix'd my eye; It seem'd to me a demon's shriek, Or wailing banshee's boding cry. Canada and Other Poems The wind was like the wail of a banshee, and to our excited eyes the mist wraiths hovering over the swamp were like dancing figures. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way I would have told the Taitha De about the banshee raid he promised me; but I was a bit taken off my feet at the time. The Moon Pool The banshees carried the butterfly away with them and in their home she grew to be as beautiful a banshee as she had been a child. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas From near old castles, where the dread banshee Waits for the native lords when laid to rest? Verses and Rhymes By the Way I believe the stories of banshees must have arisen from the sound of the caoine. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland For a long time, she could still occasionally hear it's banshee screams as it prowled somewhere beneath the high canopy of deep forest. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Larry O'Keefe, where are you now with your leprechauns and banshee, your heart of a child, your laughing blue eyes, and your fearless soul? The Moon Pool I have heard," continued the ghost, "that this great and powerful banshee came to America to look for the descendants of the banshees who made her become one of them. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas I must try to meet some fairies and banshees in the moonlight for her benefit But, Alf, I'm delighted to see you so wide-awake. Nature's Serial Story If a banshee could be thrown in along with a ruin, a new man would give a great price for an old place. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland "But," continued Moya, "it always comes before the death of a person, and I wonder what brought it now, unless it came with the banshee." Stories by English Authors: Ireland Superstitious—and this from a man who believed in banshees and ghostly harpers and Irish wood nymphs and no doubt in leprechauns and all their tribe! The Moon Pool Now and then as she thought the giant banshee was about to turn around, Tommy would leap back as lightly as a cat. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas The banshees didn't get me, and you're going to ride home in an automobile. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School But banshees are getting scarce and decline to be caught. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland In the course of conversation Jack mentioned the incident of the strange appearance of the banshee, and expressed a hope that she would not come that night to disturb their carouse. Stories by English Authors: Ireland I had read of banshees, lemures and leprechauns; they were the ghosts and the fairies of ignorance but they were not like this. The Blind Spot There was a shrill scream from the banshee. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas A low incipient note sweet banshee murmured: all. Ulysses Alan made a hollow of his two hands and sent after him a wild note, like the wailing of a banshee. The Scotch Twins "Better for you to shoot your mother than fire at the banshee, anyhow," remarked Jack. Stories by English Authors: Ireland To a person of solid nerves a banshee may be an entertaining companion, and an apparition in a well-worn winding-sheet may be a pretty toy. The Witch of Prague It was now too late to do anything toward saving the luckless banshee. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas In Ireland, old crones tell marvelous tales about the hawthorns, and the banshees which have a predilection for them. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors This real African god, howl banshee and all that sort into middle of next week. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa "I will follow you to death's doors," said Jack; "but I would not fire at the banshee for a million of worlds." Stories by English Authors: Ireland Her faith was bounded by her kitchen, but, if she was put to it, she could believe also in the banshee and in the Holy Ghost. Dubliners Now the fairies and the banshees, the wood nymphs and the sprites coveted this beautiful child Muriel because they knew she would make a good fairy. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas And around the gables and against the dormer-windows of these upper rooms the gale shrieked and howled and wailed like a drove of banshees. Thankful's Inheritance But I would rather have one banshee story than fifteen pages of proof that “life, which began as a cell, with a c, is to end as a sell, with an s.” Angling Sketches It is not every Irish family can claim the honour of an attendant banshee; they must be respectably descended, and of ancient line, to have any just pretensions to a warning spirit. Stories by English Authors: Ireland Miss Cornelia watched his impassive progress, wondering if the Oriental races ever felt terror—she could not imagine all Lizzie's banshees and kelpies producing a single shiver from Billy. The Bat This she did by making war upon all the other banshees. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas They have ugly stories here of pucks and banshees, and what not of ghosts. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Well, I know that banshee," said Wilson, cheerfully, "ignorant as you think I am of these things. The Man Who Knew Too Much He turned as pale as a corpse, and trembled excessively; at last, recollecting himself, he said, with a forced smile: "And how do you know it was the banshee, Moya?" Stories by English Authors: Ireland Get busy and sink the ship, you one-eyed banshee. Roads of Destiny As she grew she began to hate the banshees who had taken her from her home and made her become like them. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Suddenly, from out-of-doors, there came a single prolonged, piercing wail, such as a banshee might be imagined to utter. A Voyage to Arcturus I suppose poor Nolan would have brought in his banshee and said it was supernaturally possible. The Man Who Knew Too Much He again said: "And did you ever see the banshee before, Moya?" Stories by English Authors: Ireland Gipsy, who had been silent for some moments, instantly raised his banshee battlecry, and Duke yelped in horror. Penrod and Sam The west wind with an awful wail and roar rushed into the shack, carrying with it the fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas But one little banshee had found lodgment on a beam where it clung until the gale had passed. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas Those who were not killed were driven from the country, all of which accounts for there being no banshees in Ireland now. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas "Don't go out," she cried; "let her alone while she lets you alone, for an hour's luck never shone on any one that ever molested the banshee." Stories by English Authors: Ireland |
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