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The Dooinney-Oie

Folklore
Also known as: Dooinney-Oie

The Night Man, a familiar spirit peculiar to the Isle of Man, though bearing a faint resemblance to the Irish Banshee. One of the two familiar or household spirits known on the Island alongside the Lhiannan-Shee. While the Lhiannan-Shee was a guardian, the Dooinney-Oie was a warning spirit whose appearance foretold danger or death.

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Sources

  • Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. III
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