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Dullahan

Alright kiddo, do you remember hearing about headless horsemen and ghosts who go around without a head on their shoulders? Well, in Irish folklore, there's a kind of creature called a Dullahan who's just like that! But instead of riding a horse, they ride a super spooky coach pulled by lots of freaky horses with eyes like fire!

But here's the really scary part: the Dullahan rides around calling out the name of someone who is about to die! They also carry a big ol' whip made out of a human spine, and when they stop to speak, it's said that all nearby dogs go totally silent and the wind stops blowing.

Even though the Dullahan doesn't have a head, they can still see with eyes that are just as bright as the moon! And if you're really unlucky and happen to run into a Dullahan, they might just toss a bucket of blood in your face to make you go blind!

So, in short, a Dullahan is a really creepy and magical creature from Irish folklore that rides around on a ghostly coach and foretells people's deaths. Their whip is made out of a human spine, and they can see and hear just fine even though they don't have a head!
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