The Owl.
The hooting of an owl about a house was considered a sign of ill luck, if not of death. This superstition has found a place in rhyme, thus:—
Os y ddylluan ddaw i’r fro,
Lle byddo rhywun afiach
Dod yno i ddweyd y mae’n ddinâd,
Na chaiff adferiad mwyach.
If an owl comes to those parts,
Where some one sick is lying,
She comes to say without a doubt,
That that sick one is dying.