Welsh Folk Lore - Death Portents.
Another Tale Of A Doctor
I received the following tale from the Rev. Philip Edwards,...
The Corpse Bird Or Deryn Corph
This was a bird that came flapping its wings against the wi...
A Crowing Hen
This bird, too, is supposed to indicate the death of an inm...
A Cock Crowing In The Night
This, too, was thought to foretell a death, but whose death...
The Corpse Candle--canwyll Corph
The corpse candle, or canwyll corph, was a light like that ...
Tale Of A Corpse Candle
My informant told me that one John Roberts, Felin-y-Wig, wa...
Spectral Funerals Or Drychiolaeth
This was a kind of shadowy funeral which foretold the real ...
Cyhyraeth Death Sound
This was thought to be a sound made by a crying spirit. It...
Lledrith Spectre Of A Person
This apparition of a friend has in the Scotch wraith, or Ir...
Tolaethdeath Rapping Or Knocking
The death rappings are said to be heard in carpenters' work...
A Raven's Croaking
A raven croaking hoarsely as it flew through the air became...
The Owl
This bird's dismal and persistent screeching near an abode ...
A Solitary Crow
The cawing of a solitary crow on a tree near a house indica...
The Dog's Howl
A dog howling on the doorsteps or at the entrance of a hous...
Missing A Butt
Should a farmer in sowing wheat, or other kind of corn, or ...
Stopping Of A Clock
The unaccountable stopping of the kitchen clock generally c...
_ Goose Flying Over A House
This unusual occurrence prognosticated a death in that hous...
Goose Or Hen Laying A Small Egg
This event also was thought to be a very bad omen, if not a...
Hen Laying Two Eggs In The Same Day
Should a hen lay two eggs in the same day, it was considere...
Thirteen At A Table
Should thirteen sit at a table it was believed that the fir...
Heather
Should any person bring heather into a house, he brought de...
Death Watch
This is a sound, like the ticking of a watch, made by a sma...
