My nana was very superstitous if a tea towel fell she said company is coming, and she would put a pot of tea on, and someone would show up - weird.
A bird flying into the house meant that there was going to be a death.
Same thing with fore runners if you heard 3 knocks on your door, and I remember that happening, mom would go to the door and no one was there. Then she got a call her brother passed away.