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Originally Posted by Trollheart
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??  |
Ah the banshee thing, now it seems familiar.
Apparently if you refuse a mince pie at Christmas dinner you will have bad luck for the rest of the day.