{165} Before the death of a person, a robin is believed, in many instances, to tap thrice at the window of the room in which he or she may be. The wren is also a bird which superstition protects from injury; but it is by no means treated with such reverence as the robin. The praises of both are sung in the old couplet:-- "The robin and the wren, Be God A'mighty's cock and hen." _Pigeons._--No one, it is believed, can die on pigeons' feathers. In the northern parts of the county, the same thing is said of game feathers,--a superstition also current in Kent.--_Ingolsby Legends_, Third Series, p. 133. _Wasps._--The first wasp seen in the season should always be killed. By so doing you secure to yourself good luck and freedom from enemies throughout the year. _Bees._--The superstitious ceremonies and observances attached to these animals appear to be current throughout the kingdom, and by no means suffer any diminution in this county. Among others of less common occurrence, we have the belief that they will not thrive in a quarrelsome fammily. The wild, or, as we term him, the _humble bee_, is not without a share of the superstitions which pertain to his more civilised brethren. The entrance of one into a cottage is deemed a certain sign of death. _Spiders.