In Holland we've also got a rhyme about magpies, which is very much like the one you mentioned, but not totally the same:
Eén is verdriet,
(one is for sorrow)
twee vrolijk gezind,
(two is for jolliness)
drie een bruiloft,
(three for a wedding)
vier een kind,
(four for a child)
vijf de hemel,
(five for heaven)
zes de hel,
(six for hell)
zeven dat is kinderspel
(seven, that childsplay)
Last edited by frostfire; 09-01-2008 at 03:31 PM.
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