a murder of crows

so, today i'm getting ready to leave my house and this gang of crows are outside YAPPIN' in up. i mean yappin away. i walk outside and they all turn around like " yea, what? did you hear what we said? " then they all proceeded to continue there talking. while i stand there, nearly a foot from them i think about all the stuff my relatives would say about crows.

1. when crows talk. there's gossip going on
2. they have something to tell. ( i.e there is a message coming )
3. somebody needs to shut up
4. there's trouble coming

here's a folktale from GA,

The Crows are in the Corn
retold by
S. E. Schlosser

 It happened in Georgia not long ago, that a farmer and his wife decided to sleep late, like the rich folk do. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the kind that brings all God's creatures out to play. But not these farm folk. No, they just slept and slept and slept.
The crows were gathered in a large oak tree, having a big morning meeting. They noticed that there was nobody stirring around the house, and that the corn was ripe in the field. So they adjourned their meeting mighty quick and flew over to the field to eat some corn.
"Caw-n, caw-n," they cackled excitedly.
The old rooster woke up to their activities and started to crow excitedly to the sleeping family. "Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
The farmer and his wife just kept sleeping, and the crows kept eating the corn.
"Caw-n, caw-n," they called.
"The crows are in the corn! The crows are in the corn!" The rooster cock-a-doodle-dooed with all his might.
The farmer kept snoring, and his wife just rolled over and pulled the pillow over her head.
The rooster was frantic. He tried once more: "The crows are in the corn. They're pulling up the corn!"
The farmer and his wife kept right on sleeping. And the crow's kept right on eating.
The rooster quit crowing in disgust. Nothing would wake the farmer and his wife.
The old turkey came strolling into the yard and watched the proceedings. Finally he said to the rooster: "The corns all et up, all et up, all et up."
When the farmer and his wife finally rolled out of bed, they found that the corn was all gone. That is why in Georgia we say "the crows are in the corn" when it is time to get up.


You can read more Georgia folktales in Spooky South by S.E. Schlosser.