Other Highland families that possess special ghosts are a branch of the Macdonnells, that have a phantom piper,…
- Date of account
- Published 1920
- Source
- The Banshee
- Reference
- The Banshee · selected passage 80
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
Other Highland families that possess special ghosts are a branch of the Macdonnells, that have a phantom piper, whose mournful piping invariably means that some member or other of the clan is shortly doomed to die; and the Stanleys who have a female apparition that signalises her advent by shrieking, weeping, and moani…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyOther Highland families that possess special ghosts are a branch of the Macdonnells, that have a phantom piper, whose mournful piping invariably means that some member or other of the clan is shortly doomed to die; and the Stanleys who have a female apparition that signalises her advent by shrieking, weeping, and moaning before the death of any of the family. Perhaps of all Scottish ghosts this last one most closely resembles the Banshee, though there are distinct differences, chiefly with regard to the appearance of the phantoms--the Scottish one differing essentially in her looks and attire from the Irish ghost--and their respective origins, that of the Stanley apparition being, in all probability, of much later date than the Banshee.
Historical context
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Modern context
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