(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
banshee Idiom, Proverb
wail like a banshee
wail like a banshee Scream shrilly, as in Terrified, she wailed like a banshee. In Irish folklore, a banshee is a spirit in the form of a wailing woman whose appearance is an omen that one member of a family will die. The simile dates from the late 1800s.
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