06-11-2007, 05:24 AM
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Location: London, UK
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A friend of mine always greets a lone magpie with the phrase "good morning Mr Magpie and how is your wife" - thus implying there are really two magpies 
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Originally Posted by goosey
I never think of myself as a superstitious person, but after a near miss on my bike this morning –I will have to revise this!
Whenever I see magpies, I think of the rhyme and do a quick count to see what the day holds!
1 for sorrow,
2 for joy,
3 for a girl and
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told. (there may be more lines, but that is all I can remember  )
Is this magpie lore just a British thing?
Today I saw a single magpie and was that desperate to see a second so I wouldn’t have bad luck, I almost rode into a parked car while I was looking for another! If I had damaged the car, my bike or myself, would I have blamed my bad luck on just seeing one magpie rather than not concentrating on cycling?  |
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