It was a long hot summer vacation and school was closed for all of us. We tried to pass the days as spiritedly as we could until we got bored. And then all of a sudden, the Eureka moment struck us! What was it? Look inside to find out. Sometimes we hear about predictive powers of natural objects and critters. Some of this traces back to pagan beliefs, some is pure humor, and there are some facts in there too. Before there were computers and academically trained experts, people turned to folklore to predict weather and other events. Do you judge people by what they say, or by how they say it? You may not understand that the articulation of speech varies in differing regions. Or, perhaps you have confused speech with a drawl.