Sophia’s Picture, given to Mathias, turned yellow if the giver was in danger or in temptation; and black if she could not escape from the danger, or if she yielded to the temptation.--Massinger, The Picture (1629).
Spiders indicate to gold-searchers where it is to be found.
Stag’s Horn is considered in Spain to give warning of an evil eye, and to be a safeguard against its malignant influences.
Stone. To find a perforated stone is a presage of good luck.
Swallows forecast bad weather by flying low, and the fine weather by flying high.
Teeth Wide Apart warn a person to seek his fortune away from his native place.
Thunder. Thunder on Sunday portends the death of some learned man, judge, or author; on Monday, the death of women; on Tuesday, plenty of grain; on Wednesday, the death of harlots, or bloodshed; on Thursday, plenty of sheep, cattle, and corn; on Friday, the death of some great man, murder, or battle; on Saturday it forebodes pestilence or sickness.--Leonard Digges, A Prognostication Everlasting of Ryght Good Effecte (1556).
Tolling Bell. You will be sure of tooth-ache if you eat while a funeral bell is tolling. Be warned in time by this American superstition, or take the consequences.
Veipsey, a spring in Yorkshire, called “prophetic,” gives due warning of a dearth by rising to an unusual height.
Venetian Glass. If poison is put into liquor contained in a vessel made of Venetian glass, the vessel will crack and fall to pieces.