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Old 12-28-2016, 02:59 PM   #269 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zer0 View Post
Never heard that one before, must just be a Dublin thing
Maybe. My aunt (99 this year) told me that it was believed that the comb had been dropped by a banshee (an Irish spirit who would keen and wail in the night, presaging a death) and that anyone who picked it up would be marked and targeted by the spirit, and would then die. Bloody Irish, huh??
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