Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-05 | Page 4 | Cuckoo Customs

cuckoo customs when the cuckoo s cry 1 first heard it Is said that folk should turn over whatever money they happen to have in their pocket at the time A gold coin means plenty of cash tor the next year silver means the owner will always have enough copper means that he will never run short of money it the bird Is beard on the right that Is believed to be lucky it on the left unlucky in scotland the cuckoo Is thought to address his first song to the farmers in den mark every girl asks it when she Is to be married and every old and feeble person when he will be freed from the burden of life and the number of times the bird sings cuckoo andl cates the number of years in each case this superstitious notion also exists in england france and ger many but the only solid fact about the cry Is that it Is a sure sign that summer has come at last