2006-09-04 20:45:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
What I actually meant was when magpies are in a pair, how far apart do they have to be to go from being one "2 for joy" set, to two "1 for sorrow" sets ?
2006-09-06 22:26:30 · update #1
One for sorrow.
Two for joy.
Three for a girl.
Four for a boy.
Five for silver.
Six for gold.
Seven for a secret never to be told.
RoyS.
2006-09-04 20:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.
It doesn't work though. I'm constantly seeing six magpies, but I never find any gold falling in my lap. Pity. On the other hand think of all the times you'd have to be miserable.
2006-09-05 05:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember the rhyme, the next line is about so many for a girl and so many for a boy, yes? I think it's just an old poem about magpies at birth or conception, and the rhyme made it more memorable.
2006-09-04 20:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just need to seem to be together. Magpies mate for life and therefore when you see one solitary magpie it is sorrowful.
One for sorry
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told
MAGPIE
(child of the seventies, you can tell!)
2006-09-11 00:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by little_jo_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it as 2 for excitement!! thats what i generally do!! and that i consider the fellow above. i continuously say good morning (or afternoon) mr magpie yet i continuously say sir!!! i assumed it replaced into 7 for a secret not in any respect to be counseled!! i talked about 5 on the area of the line driving to my friends. when I were given homestead i checked my lotto kind and had gained £one hundred!!! so im questioning each and every so often that is actual!
2016-12-06 10:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by zeigler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Winter?
"In winter the Magpie becomes gregarious, wandering and feeding in small parties or flocks, and gathering at a common rendezvous to roost at night. Early in the year large numbers collect together for mating. Charles Darwin refers to these congregations as "marriage meetings"."
2006-09-04 20:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by Martin G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short, as long as the 2 magpies are aware of each other, it doesn't matter how far apart they are.
It's bad luck to be superstitious.
2006-09-08 11:04:38 · answer #7 · answered by stumpymosha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't take these things too literally.
Also, I believe it would be much more fun to make up your own.
One that has more relevance to your own being. (unless of course you are particularly close to dark flying things)
Like maybe one for when you check your e-mails, you could keep some of number stuff, and also have separate parts of the rhyme for real people, commercial interest, and blatant spam!
I'll leave it with you. . .
2006-09-11 05:28:27 · answer #8 · answered by Ontol 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a superstitious person. I like magpies, in old Scots folk lore they are depicted as lucky. They are one of my fave birds.
2006-09-08 22:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 20 centimeters.
2006-09-11 11:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It`s one for sorrow because magpies mate for life ,therefore if they are alone they have lost their mate ,,ahhh
2006-09-08 01:51:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋