Tip - How to Identify a Whippoorwill | eHow

Century-old folklore predicted if a whippoorwill called once, a young lady wouldn't get married for a year, but if it called twice, she'd marry soon. Some people believed a woman could wish for marriage if she heard a whippoorwill song. While this bird's appearance isn't outstanding, its "WHIP-poor-WEEA" is the stuff of which legends are spun,...