A spider with syrup cures fever. A spider is a repellent against plague when worn around the neck in a walnut shell. You'll meet a new friend if you run into a web. Seeing a spider run down a web in the afternoon means you'll take a trip. If a plow kills a daddy long legs the cows will go dry.
Storks deliver babies.
Storks were sacred to Venus in Roman mythology. If a stork builds a nest on your roof, you have received a blessing and a promise of never ending love from Venus. Aristotle made killing a stork a crime, and Romans passed a stork law, saying that children must care for their elderly parents. A wish made on the first robin of spring will be granted. A peacock feather has an evil eye at the end.