Everyone knows the only sure cure for plague is blackstrap molasses and devilwort, brewed for a fortnight under the waning moon and delivered the old-fashioned way. Let me get my tube and squeeze-bag...
‘Tis an omen for sure! Best rub your palms with linseed oil and spit thrice in each direction without stopping for a drink or the carpenter’s mange’ll take ye, sure as a duck eats iron nails to know True North!