{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/ali/ali097.htm","path":"neu/celt/ali/ali097.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/ali097.htm","text":"The Raven and Water Wagtail\nIf ravens come cawing about a house it is a sure sign of death, for the raven is Satan's own bird; so also is the water wagtail, yet beware of killing it, for it has three drops of the devil's blood in its little body, and ill-luck ever goes with it, and follows it.","title":"Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland: The Raven and the Water Wagtail","type":"page"}