Granny's Little Book of Omens: Tea Leaves, Weather Signs, Dreams, Birds, Candles, and Old Household Warnings
Synopsis
What did Granny know when the robin tapped the window, the candle flame leaned sideways, or the tea leaves gathered in the bottom of the cup?
Granny's Little Book of Omens is a warm and enchanting collection of old household signs, country warnings, dream meanings, bird omens, candle lore, weather wisdom, and tea leaf symbols remembered from kitchens, cottages, gardens, firesides, and family tables.
Inside these pages, you will discover the quiet folklore of everyday life, the little signs once watched by grandmothers, mothers, neighbours, healers, housewives, gardeners, and country folk who believed the world was always whispering.
This book gathers together:
Tea leaf signs and teacup symbols
Weather omens from clouds, wind, rain, frost, birds, and the old sky
Dream meanings from the traditional household imagination
Bird omens, including robins, crows, owls, magpies, swallows, and wrens
Candle signs, flame behaviour, smoke, wax, and old fireside warnings
Household omens from mirrors, keys, bread, salt, clocks, scissors, doors, windows, and thresholds
Garden and plant signs from herbs, flowers, bees, trees, and seasonal changes
Love, luck, money, visitor, birth, death, and family omens
A full dictionary of omens for quick and easy reference
From the robin at the window to the ring around the moon, from a dream of teeth to a candle that will not stay lit, this little book invites you back into a world where ordinary things carried meaning and the home itself was full of signs.
A charming folklore companion for readers who love old wives' tales, cottage wisdom, tea leaf reading, dream interpretation, country superstition, cozy witchcraft, household magic, and the forgotten language of everyday omens.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
- ISBN: 9798197418623
- Number of pages: 136
- Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 9 mm
- Languages: English
