The Indians carefully avoid sleeping under a magnolia tree in bloom; for so powerful is the perfume of the flower in its best condition, that one in a room is said to cause death in a night. They say that the owl in its wisdom comes every spring when the buds of the magnolia tree are just on the point of opening…
Sauce: Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences
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