Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1918 — Birds That Are Credited With Bringing Good Luck [ARTICLE]

Birds That Are Credited With Bringing Good Luck

Tradition has it that a late swallow brings good luck to the hostel he favors, qnd many country people still regard the bird as semiconsecrated, and refuse to allow its empty nest to be Interfered with during the winter months, observes London Tit-Bits. With the spring, the birds return to their original caves, and it is a sign of impending misfortune if they neglect their former nests. , A swallow at, sea brings disaster in its train, but a sand swallow is considered a mascot by the surrounding countryside. Even the humble hedge sparrow may lay claim to some share of notoriety, for illness attacks the occupant of the room into which it gains access. A dead wren is another little treasure, and the superstitious Manx fishermen would never set sail at one time without one, A live wren will not work the same result, but a dead wren can vie with the renowned caul among sea superstitions. -