alectromantia: divination by a cock. Draw a circle, and write in succession round it the letters of the alphabet; on each side of it lay a grain of corn. Then put a cock in the center of the circle, and watch the grains he eats. The letters will prognosticate the answer.
(from The Word Museum by Jeffrey Kacirk)
Note: Wonder if this would work with parrots?
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