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Then, again, there is the white hand of the Squires of Worcestershire, a family that is now practically extinct

Date of account: Published 1920
Source: The Banshee
Reference: The Banshee · selected passage 85
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Then, again, there is the white hand of the Squires of Worcestershire, a family that is now practically extinct. According to local tradition this family was for many generations haunted by the very beautiful hand of a woman, that was always seen protruding through the wall of the room containing that member of the family who was fated to die soon. Most ghost hands are said to be grey and filmy, but this one, according to some eye-witnesses, appears to have borne an extraordinary resemblance to that of a living person. It was slender and perfectly proportioned, with very tapering fingers and very long and beautifully kept filbert nails--the sort of hand one sees in portraits of women of bygone ages, but which one very rarely meets with in the present generation.

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