on a broomstick at Samhain (October 31). Due to calendar changes, this old tradition may be seen as applying to tonight. Cognates: bean sidhe ( Banshee ); Gyre-Carling ; Queen of Elphame; Daughter of the Bones. Gyre-Carling "The short tale of Gyre Carling (in three stanzas of the riming-alliterative type, with