Gnat
When allowed into a sick room - removal of ailments
Flying close to the ground - rain
Flying high - good weather
Goat
Associated with Pan (or the devil in some religions)
Meeting a goat when on an important journey - good luck
Meeting a black goat on a bridle path - treasure hidden nearby
Goose
Goose eaten on Michelmas day - good luck
Brown tinted meat - mild winter
White meat - harsh winter
Geese leaving a farm - omen of a fire
A goose laying two eggs - bad omen
Guinea Fowl
Generally good luck
Brings sunshine
Hare
Worshiped in Britain in pre Christian times, then became associated with bad omens. More recently being linked with good luck again (hence the conflicting information)
A guise of a witch
Crossing your path - omen of disaster
Dreaming of hares - bad omen or death
Seeing a brown hare - good luck
Carrying a hare's foot - good luck
Killing a hare - bad luck
Rubbing hare's blood into the skin - cure for freckles
Hedgehog
Another witches guise
Killing a hedgehog - protection against bad luck
Entering the house - very bad omen
Heron
Seeing a heron near the house - bad luck
Killing a heron - extremely bad luck
Horse
Horsebrasses were used to protect horses from witches
White horses - ill fortune
Inhaling a horses breath - cure for whooping cough
Eating a hair from a horse's forelock - cure for worms
Horses standing with their backs to a hedge - rain
Changing a horse's name - very bad luck
information sources:
"Dictionary of superstitions" by David Pickering
"The encuclopedia of superstitions" by Christina Hole
