Break With A Banshee
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Break With A Banshee
by Gilderoy Lockhart
It seems likely that the Lockhart version of the story of the Bandon Banshee is in this book. :o
Danshee is a dark creature with the appearance of a woman with floor-length black hair and a skeletal, green-tinged face. Its screams will kill. Seamus Finnigan is particularly afraid of banshees. The Bandon Banshee was supposedly defeated by Gilderoy Lockhart but was actually defeated by a witch with a harelip.
Witch with a hairy chin (formerly witch with a harelip) was yhe witch who actually banished the Bandon Banshee. Gilderoy Lockhart apparently met her, heard her story, performed a memory charm on her, and claimed her feat for himself.
In 2004 Bloomsbury officially amended the original text (”...And the witch who banished the Bandon Banshee had a harelip. I mean, come on—”) to read ”...And the witch who banished the Bandon Banshee had a hairy chin. I mean, come on—”