Laundress and Star (AEG spoilers)

Henry Eissler · 16 Oct 2008, 16:59 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: henryeissleriii at mindspring.com (Henry Eissler)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:59:39 -0800
Subject: (urth) Laundress and Star (AEG spoilers)
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Dave Tallman wrote:
>
> The "laundress" reference may not be a Native American legend, 
> however. I found a reference to a "Washer at the Ford," a form of 
> banshee in Celtic legend. If a soldier saw an old woman washing bloody 
> garments in the river, this predicted his death in battle. This legend 
> is also connected to Modron, Morrigan, and Morgan le Fey. Cassie's 
> middle name is Fiona, which is derived from a Gaelic word meaning 
> white, or fair. Bill Reis' son Rian is also a Gaelic name meaning 
> "little king." Cassie says she will be going out with a banshee (p. 
> 64). She fills the theater with "wailing ghosts" (p. 53) in warning 
> about a dangerous honeymoon in the play. This predicts the disaster of 
> her romance with Bill Reis -- Cassie is like a banshee, and like 
> Cassandra in predicting evil which is not believed (p. 64).
>

    For what it's worth--  Margaret Briggs describes herself in her 
introduction as "...an expert seamstress and laundress, ...".  Then, at 
the cast party, whenVincent Palma is speaking of banshees Norma asks, 
"doesn't Cassie have a grey neighbour right now?"  Margaret says, "She's 
talking about me."
    And I thought she was so nice.
    ---H

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