PROPHECIES REGARDING ANIMALS
(a) When black snails cross your path
Black clouds much moisture hath.
(b) When the peacock loudly bawls,
Soon we'll have both rain and squalls.
(c) When rooks fly sporting high in air,
It shows that windy storms are near.
(d) Bees will not swarm before a near storm.
(e) When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn,
Sell your cow and buy your corn.
But when she comes to the full bit,
Sell your corn and buy some sheep.
(f) Little bantams are great at crowing.
(g) Good luck for a grey horse.
(h) Let a horse drink what he will, not when he will.
(i) Trust not a horse's heel, nor a dog's tooth.
(j) Plenty of ladybirds, plenty of hops.
(k) Never offer your hen for sale on a rainy day.
(l) When the glow-worm lights her lamp,
The air is always damp.
(m) Unlucky to hear the cuckoo sing sitting.
Or to sit and see the first swallow flitting.