Cool Stuff We Found With Ravens On It

Postage Stamp

Raven postage stamp from Iceland found on For the Love of Crows website.

Superstition of the Week - Armadillos on Your Head

Peruvian Superstition

To clean away all demons, sorrows and to absorb all bad thoughts and feelings, a stuffed armadillo (or “quirquincho”) is placed on your head before it touches your whole body.

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Drinkable Raven?

Collectible Black Raven stoneware Dinner Mug

Superstition of the Week - Chickens

Chickens

In the 1800’s it was said that if raining in the morning and chickens are out and about in the yard doing their usual chicken stuff, then it is said that the rain will continue all day. However, if the chickens are huddling under cover, the rain should stop soon.

Another interesting tale we came across is that if an egg is laid on Good Friday or Easter, it will never rot. It may dry out, but supposedly it will never actually decay.

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Superstition of the Week - Sneezing Cats

It is an Italian superstition that if a cat sneezes it's a good omen for everyone who hears it.


This was a Meow Trivia question from Freekibble on Kibblekat.com. Every day you play they provide free kibble to animal shelters to help feed hungry cats. They also have Bow Wow Trivia to help fee hungry dogs. An easy and fun daily way to support our furry four-legged friends.

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Official film made by M. Sweet & S. Shearing for the song "27th Raven's Head (Darkness Showing Through the Head of the Raven)" from the Boduf Songs album "Lion Devours the Sun" on Kranky.

Superstition of the Week - Clocks

If a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes, there will be a death in the family.

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A neighborhood bar in San Francisco, Blackbird Bar.

Superstition of the Week - Butterflies

BUTTERFLIES

• Inside the house - good luck
• First butterfly of the season (white) - good omen
• First butterfly of the season (brown) - misfortune
• To see three butterflies together - bad omen
• To see a butterfly at night - approaching death
• Any butterfly flying in one’s face – cold weather is coming
• A yellow butterfly flying in one’s face – sufficient frost within ten days
• Scottish belief - red butterflies are manifestations of witches
• Serbian belief – butterflies are the souls of witches

And interestingly, a white butterfly that flies into your house and then flies around you is considered good luck in Louisiana, but an omen of death in Maryland.

We are pretty sure here in Colorado, it means you should eat a cupcake or cookie, thus a very good omen.

Aesop’s Fable: The Crow and the Pitcher

A crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the crow put its beak into the mouth of the pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it. The crow tried, and tried, but at last had to give up in despair. Then a thought came to the crow and it found a pebble nearby and dropped it into the pitcher. The crow continued to search for pebbles and dropped them one by one into the pitcher. After many pebbles, the crow saw the water mount up near him, and after casting in a few more pebbles the crow was finally able to reach the water and quench its thirst thus saving its life. The Moral? Little by little does the trick.

Superstition of the Week - Fishing

FISHING

• Throw back the first fish you catch then you'll be lucky the whole day fishing.
• If you count the number of fish you caught, you will catch no more that day.
• It's bad luck to say the word "pig" while fishing at sea.

Cool Stuff We Found With Ravens On It

From the site roadside scholar, a sculpture from Mark Orr.