So then my great grandpa would feel the coldness of ghosts and would hear the banshee's wail, and my Aunt Mary recalled him saying that the banshee's wail is the worst. Then the wailing and the touch of the ghosts would pass on and his horse would move again. That was all my aunt Mary could remember.

　　Now since my grandpa had seen and heard the banshees, I'm beginning to think we may have a banshee in our family. But not just because of my great grandpa, but because of my mom as well.

　　When my mom was nine, she woke up in the middle of the night to look outside the window into the backyard. Glittering in the moonlight, she saw a woman weeping. My mom could hear her cries and said they were more like the wind (she told me this before I read that most banshees cries ARE more like the wind). She also said that the woman was floating above their swimming pool and her appearance was unexplainable. My mom claimed that this woman looked young, but seemed as if she had lived for many years and was an old spirit. She also said that the woman had fair flowing hair. After a while of staring, my mom just lay her head back down on the pillow and drifted off to sleep.

　　Then I think one or two weeks later, my mom's grandparents died – in the same week. Coincidence? I wonder if I'm going to see one.

　　随即太姥爷就感觉到了周围阴森的鬼魂，也听见了女妖的哀哭。玛丽姥姥还记得他说过，听到女妖哭是最倒霉的事情。随后哭声消失了，鬼魂也走开了，马又继续向前走。这就是她记得的全部经过了。

　　既然太姥爷曾经见过也听到过女妖，我就在想也许我家也有一个这样的女妖。当然不仅仅是由于太姥爷的经历，母亲也经历过同样的事情。

　　那年母亲九岁，有一天深夜她醒过来，透过后院的窗户向外面看去。在明亮的月光下，她见一个女人在那啜泣。母亲听那哭声就和风声差不多（母亲给我讲这事的时候，我还不知道大多数女妖的哭声就像风声那样）。母亲还说，那个女人是漂在游泳池上面的，她的样子简直没法形容，一头金发随风飘逸，看上去很年轻，但是又仿佛已经活了很久，是一个年老的精灵。当时只看了一会儿，母亲就又躺下，渐渐地就睡着了。

　　我就在想，母亲见到女妖的一两个星期以后，太姥姥太姥爷在一周内相继去世了。这难道是巧合吗？我很想知道，是不是我也会看见爱尔兰女妖。