A bird that flutters against your windows is trying to bring you good luck.
A blue jay coming into your yard is bringing good luck to you.
A blue jay is never seen on Friday, because on this day each blue jay carries a grain of sand to the Devil
.
A canary that has a wide and forked tail is a good singer .
A crow will be able to talk if you split its tongue.
A crow's roost near a house is unlucky.
A redbird flying into your house indicates that your house is going to burn.
A sparrow may be caught by sprinkling salt on its tail.
A white dove flying above your head is a lucky omen.
An eagle always carries a lodestone in its mouth which why it cannot be shot.
An owl will stop its hooting if you drop a hatpin into the chimney of a lighted lamp.
Bad luck may be expected if a bird comes into the house through a door.
Bad news will follow the hooting of an owl.
Birds circling over a house is a sign of visitors
.
Boil the heart of a swallow in milk and carry it on your person and you can remember anything that you hear.
Carry the breastbone of a sparrow in your pocket to never be without money.
Catching a stray canary will cause you bad luck,
Crows will not eat your crops if you hang pieces of mirror over the field because the crows will see themselves and be frightened away.
Do not sweep in the room with a singing canary for dust will damage its throat.
Dream of white doves sitting on the foot of your bed and bad luck will follow.
During August, take a young sparrow from its nest and in its stomach you will find a stone. Wrap this stone in a linen handkerchief and wear it under your arm for good luck.
Good fortune is coming to you or to your faniily, when a number of birds circle above your head.
If a bird enters the house through a window, the first person who sees the bird will have bad luck.
If a bird in a round cage stops singing, place it in a square cage for sometimes a bird in a round cage will become dizzy.
If a bird, while flying overhead, lets droppings fall on you, you will take a long journey.
If a flock of geese comes from the west and shifts northward as it reaches a town, that community will soon become prosperous.
If a peewee comes and calls once only near your house, it is the sign of approaching trouble.
If a redbird crosses your path you are going to receive a letter.
If a woodpecker knocks on a tree near your bouse, a visitor will soon knock at your door.
If an owl hoots while sitting on a fence, bad luck may be expected.
If three robins hatch, the parents will push one of them out of the nest to perish because they will raise only two young ones.
If while standing still you hear a dove call, you will not prosper that year.
If you catch a wild bird and keep it caged, you will have bad luck.
If you have a parrot that curses, you can break this habit by holding the bird by its feet and dousing it up and down in water.
If you kill a wren, you will have bad luck.
If you see a robin in the morning, someone will visit you that day.
If you touch the eggs in a bird nest, the birds will never return.
Imitating the hoot of an owl will cause you bad luck.
It is a lucky sign to have a kingfisher in your yard.
It is a sign of company to have a redbird sing near your door.
It is a sign of good luck to have cedar waxwings stop in your yard, as they fly to and from the South.
It is a sign of speedy news, when a bird flies against your window.
It is the sign of good luck to hear, wbile walking down a hill, the first turtledove of spring.
It is very lucky to have woodpeckers near your home.
It is very unlucky to kill a robin.
It will cause you bad luck to shoot a dove.
Keeping a green parrot in the house will bring you bad luck.
Killing a rain crow will bring you bad luck.
Let a birdcage fall to the floor and the bird will not sing again.
Never keep two canaries in the same room; they will not sing if they see each other.
Open and look into your purse while you hear the call of the first
whippoorwill of the year and you will get something soon.
Pat your pocketbook when you hear the first whippoorwill of spring and you will secure money.
Remove your left shoe and turn it upside down, and an owl will quit hooting.
Robbing a bird's nest will bring you bad luck.
Some me ber of your family will have an accident if an owl hoots at midnight.
The first redbird that you see in the spring is bringing good luck to you.
The hooting of an owl can be stopped, if you take off your shoes and cross one of them over the other.
The song of a quail is not "Bob White ... Bob White" but rather "Wheat ripe ... Wheat ripe."
There will be trouble of some sort when you hear a screech owl calling at night.
To have a bird enter the house means bad luck.
To have a woodpecker tap on your house is the sign of sickness.
To hear a dove calling while you are going up a hill indicates that you will be successful all year.
To bear a redbird sing in the morning indicates you are going to have good luck.
To hear an owl hoot at night always means bad luck.
To hear, while walking up a hill, the first turtledove of the season means that you will have good luck.
To keep crows from eating seed corn when planted, or the ripened corn, construct a scarecrow and set it up in the field.
To kill a whippoorwill will bring you bad luck.
To make a screech owl stop calling, burn some salt on the stove.
To see a redbird is the sign that you will meet someone you are not expecting.
To see the first bluebird of spring indicates that you are going to have good luck.
Touch quail eggs and the bird will not return to the nest.
Unexpected visitors will come to your house, if you see a redbird in the yard.
When a blackbird flies across your path, you may expect to encounter bad luck before you have reached your destination.
When a redbird enters your yard and sings, you may look for good luck.
When a robin is seen, stamp your foot for good luck.
When you hear the first whippoorwill holler in the spring, you will have money all year if you had money in your hand at that time.
When you see crows, interpret the omen as follows: One's unlucky/ Two's lucky/ Three is health/ Four is wealth/ Five is sickness/ And six is death.
Whenever an owl goes to hollering, put a shovel in the stove and when it gets hot the owl will stop.
Wrens will not enter a wren-house during the First year it is set up, but only on the second year.
You are committing a sin, if you rob a bird's nest.
You are going to have good luck if a robin builds its nest near your house.
You can catch a bird by putting salt on its tail.
You can stop an owl's hooting by turning a brass kettle upside down.
You may look for good luck, if a bird flies into your house and then departs through the same entrance by which it entered.
You will acquire good luck, if you can put salt on a bird's tail.
You will experience a disappointment on the day that you see a redbird in your yard.
You will have bad luck if a redbird flies across the road in front of you
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