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When did banshees/washer women/hags of the mist start appearing in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales? Do these apparitions ever have sinister intentions or are they always indifferently heralding death? Are they descended from older folklore?

by /u/chikindiner in /r/AskHistorians

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