bibe n [phonetics unavailable]. DINNEEN badhbh 'royston crow ... female fairy or phantom.' Unseen supernatural creature making sound in night which signals an approaching death.
   Q 67-32 ~ a spirit that attends the dead and is heard crying aloud at night round the house where someone is about to die. 1968 DILLON 132 ~ an audible omen of death, usually described as some kind of bird that cries or whistles. C 68-16 The bibe is the name applied to a strange sobbing or moaning sound which is heard by someone shortly before the death of one of his relatives. No one has ever seen the creature that makes the sound.

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