Check out Wikipedia.org for Banshee. The word comes from the Irish language Bean Sídhe which means woman (bean) of the fairies (sídhe). While native Americans may have had the same mythology, I can't imagine them using an Irish word to describe it. Seamus. On 15 August 2011 01:00, Laurie Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi . Those people who love a little bit of trivia . > > In Ireland Banshee means mystery people from another world who live in > glens > and back gardens > > Laurie > > > > On the corner of Edwards Street and High Street Reservoir North of > Melbourne > Victoria Australia there is a boutique Ladies dress Shop with a Large Sign > Banshee . On asking for the relevance of the sign we were informed , It is > an Apache Indian (USA ) word for Wild Woman > > > > Please remember to "snip" short the message to which you are replying and > check the subject line. If you are on Digest mode, a reply to an individual > message will repeat the entire digest unless you "snip" it, and the subject > will be the Digest ID unless you change it, please. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. Researching: Moore, Anderson, Myles, Tobin, Norris, Goldrick, Tynan. [email protected]

By the way how is the Hurley going? Della Palmer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seamus Moore Sent: Monday, 15 August 2011 6:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COTIPPERARY] Banshee Check out Wikipedia.org for Banshee. The word comes from the Irish language Bean Sídhe which means woman (bean) of the fairies (sídhe). While native Americans may have had the same mythology, I can't imagine them using an Irish word to describe it. Seamus. On 15 August 2011 01:00, Laurie Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi . Those people who love a little bit of trivia . > > In Ireland Banshee means mystery people from another world who live in > glens > and back gardens > > Laurie > > > > On the corner of Edwards Street and High Street Reservoir North of > Melbourne > Victoria Australia there is a boutique Ladies dress Shop with a Large Sign > Banshee . On asking for the relevance of the sign we were informed , It is > an Apache Indian (USA ) word for Wild Woman > > > > Please remember to "snip" short the message to which you are replying and > check the subject line. If you are on Digest mode, a reply to an individual > message will repeat the entire digest unless you "snip" it, and the subject > will be the Digest ID unless you change it, please. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. Researching: Moore, Anderson, Myles, Tobin, Norris, Goldrick, Tynan. [email protected] Please remember to "snip" short the message to which you are replying and check the subject line. If you are on Digest mode, a reply to an individual message will repeat the entire digest unless you "snip" it, and the subject will be the Digest ID unless you change it, please. All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message