Peacocks

Re: The Hidden Window Mystery by Carolyn Keene



Peacocks feature prominently in this Nancy Drew book. In her search for the missing stained-glass window, Nancy uncovers a clue that the window might be hidden on the old plantation estate Ivy Hall. She and friends Bess and George stay at the mansion to try to solve the mystery. While there they find a peacock running loose in the yard. Turns out it belongs to a neighbor who raises them and it just got loose. Nonetheless it startles them all.

Ivy Hall is owned by an actress named Sheila Patterson. She is very upset about the peacock and claims it brings bad luck.

I had never heard that before so I did some Google searches. Supposedly a peacock's feather is regarded as a bad omen amongst theatrical folk. Just like other people regard the sighting of a black cat as bad luck.

Evidently NBC did not consider the peacock to be bad luck since they used it for their logo for many years!