| Show A fanny fc there are people who have a distinct antipathy to the screech owl and cannot listen to a single burst of itt hilarity without shuddering the screech owl is supposed by the negroes ou southern plantations to be in direct communication with all the ghosts and giants of the forests he plays a great part in the more weird folklore story of the darkas A funny superstition in regard to the screech owl is that if you will take your shoe or slipper off your left foot the first time you hear an owl laugh and turn the shoe sole upward on the floor and place your stocking foot on the bottom of the shoes sole the owl will stop laughing and fly for ten miles without rest |
