Good Luck or Bad Luck?
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
United States
December 13, 2020 1:12pm CST
This morning, I woke up hearing a fluttering noise in my room. I was surprised to see a small bird flying around. It went from my room to the kitchen to the great room.
I opened the door so it could go on the porch. I left the porch door open and hope it flew away.
There are many superstitions about birds in the house. They can mean good luck or impending death.
Have you ever had a wild bird fly into your house? What do you think it meant?
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@hillhjill (23761)
• United States
13 Dec 20
I have never had a bird fly in but I bat did, it was hell trying to get that bat out of the house.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
13 Dec 20
I am not superstitious, but my grandmother was extremely superstitious. According to her it depends on the color of the bird. If the bird is white you will receive good news and if the bird is black you will receive bad news. I am not sure what will happen if the bird isn't white or black. Like I said I don't believe in those things, but I still remember how terrified my grandmother was when she experienced something that would bring her bad luck according to superstition.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
16 Dec 20
@akalinus Yes, that is possible. She took those things very seriously. I remember an argument between my mother and my grandmother. My mother had invited some relatives and friends and my grandmother insisted on eating in the kitchen because there would be 13 people in the dining room. She found that too dangerous, but my mother wouldn't let her eat in the kitchen.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
16 Dec 20
@Porcospino I am not scared of the number 13 but really frightened by the numbers 2020. 
Your grandma must have been very superstitious.
Your grandma must have been very superstitious.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Dec 20
Yes, I have had them in my other house, and in one of my apartments years ago.To me it just meant that it got in the attic and down into the house, in the one case. In the other case it meant the cat caught it, brought it in and released it inside. No superstitions here.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
13 Dec 20
I would say when they do not carp all over the place, then it is good luck.
Hope you little new buddy just stopping in to say hi and kindly exits stage left.
Hope you little new buddy just stopping in to say hi and kindly exits stage left.2 people like this
@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
13 Dec 20
@akalinus Yeah, that is the other thing they could die by crashing into something. Hopefully it got out OK.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Dec 20
@crossbones27 It could die if it does not get food and water, too.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
13 Dec 20
Yes I have and that is good luck in the Irish
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
16 Dec 20
At our last house we had a bird get trapped in our attic. We found it after we noticed a bad smell coming from the attic. (I think it meant the bird was stupid and couldn't find the way out after it decided to investigate my attic.
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Here, check this out, Jo Ann...
There are definitely some weird thinking about birds!
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Here, check this out, Jo Ann...
There are definitely some weird thinking about birds! 1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Dec 20
@akalinus No, I've never read that poem...
You're welcome, Dearheart. 
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
20 Dec 20
@DaddyEvil You could probably read it online if you were interested or curious. The poet is Samuel Taylor Coleridge-Oct 21, 1772 - Jul 25, 1834. It is his longest and most famous poem.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Dec 20
We use to have one that would fly into our screen porch but not into the house.
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
14 Dec 20
I never had a bird fly into my house but I'm not superstitious so I wouldn't think it meant anything bad.
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