From where we hear the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, determines our fate. Its distinctive sound echoes across the land, we listen to the direction and then we rhyme. Södergök – dödergök (south- death), norrgök – sorggök (north – mourning), österkök – tröstergök (east – comfort ), västergök-bästergök (west- the best). Our relationship with spring and all its recurring sounds has created rituals that shape our lives.