The Bird that Whips Poor Will 



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The Utes call the bird a god of the night; 

 and say that it made the moon by magic trans- 

 formation of a frog; and among the Sioux and 

 Omahas a pretty custom leads a person whose 

 attention is attracted to the calling of the 

 whip-poor-wills at night to go out and ques- 

 tion them, by asking "No?" Should the 

 birds stop at once it is a sign that the ques- 

 tioner must die soon ; but if the birds continue 

 singing he will continue to live for a long 

 time. 



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