what do you say/do when you see a magpie?

Question

like do you salute or count them and do the one for sorrow 2 for joy thing or somthing else im confused

Answer 1

stuff it up your bum bum

Answer 2

ok im really superstitious so i do this all the time, if i see 1 i salute it and say "good morning mr magpie wheres your lovely wife today" lol i no its sad but its has to be done...the rhyme goes
1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told
8 for friendship
9 for love
10 for a place in heaven up above

but usually if you look around there is usually more than 1 magpie at any 1 time cuz they mate for life awww bless lol..

Answer 3

Cooincidence, since everytime you see magpie and don't salute it u don't get bad luck and visa versa, bad things happen to people all over the world without the help of magpies..and maybe not today or tommorrow your gonna salute a magpie and still have a crappy day..

Answer 4

Good Morning Mr Magpie. How's the wife and family today?

Answer 5

If I see one magpie on its own I say, 'Hello Mr Magpie how are you and yours, good luck, good health and happiness to you and yours'. if I see a plethora of them I have to count them to this;

1, for anger
2, for birth
3, for a wedding
4, for a birth
5, for rich
6, for poor
7, for a b i tch
8, for a whore
9, for England
10, for France
11, for a funeral
12, for a dance.

Answer 6

In the British Isles a widespread (mainly found in England and Scotland and less common in Wales and Northern Ireland) traditional rhyme records the myth (it is not clear whether it has been seriously believed) that seeing magpies predicts the future, depending on how many are seen. There are many regional variations on the rhyme, which means that it is impossible to give a definitive version.
The rhyme runs:

One for anger
Two for mirth
Three for a wedding
Four for a birth
Five for rich
Six for poor
Seven for a witch
I can tell you no more.
Alternate versions of this counting rhyme include:

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.
or

One for sorrow
Two for mirth
Three for a funeral
Four for a birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven's the Devil his own sel'
Sometimes (but rarely), three extra lines are added:

Eight for a wish
Nine for a kiss
Ten for a bird that you won't want to miss.

A related superstition is that one should make sure to greet magpies - perhaps saying "Hello, Mr Magpie" - when encountering lone birds; this possibly stems from the unlucky connotations attributed by the rhymes to seeing merely one magpie. To cancel out this bad luck, and with relation to the second line of the verse accounting for joy or mirth, lone magpies are often greeted "Hello Mr Magpie, how is your wife/where is your wife?" Another superstition relating to magpies' supposed bad luck is that upon seeing a lone magpie one should repeat the words "I defy thee" seven times. Another superstition is that on seeing a lone magpie one should pinch the person they are walking with, if they are alone they are to pinch themselves. Another is that if a lone Magpie is seen, one should salute it to show you respect it. This formality can be forgone if the Magpie looks directly in your eyes, which shows it respects you.

Answer 7

What type of Magpie are you talking about? One type of Magpie comes from Clarecastle near Ennis, County Clare in Ireland and is a [player] for the local football team.

Answer 8

One for Sorrow

Count the magpies to tell the future:

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

There are many different versions of this rhyme, some of them going as high as 20 magpies. In North America, where magpies are not as common, the counting rhyme is also used for crows. One thing all the rhymes seem to agree on, though, is that one magpie on its own is a sign of bad luck. There is no known reason for this superstition, but it is very common. There are various things you can do if you meet a single magpie in order to ward off the bad luck. These include taking your hat off and making the sign of the cross, spitting three times over your shoulder, and saluting the magpie with 'Hello Mr Magpie, How's your lady wife today?'.
(Personally.....I say.........hello mr magpie, where's your lady wife)

Two for Joy

Like many other birds, magpies mate for life. The pair will stick together and where you see one, you'll nearly always see the other nearby. Genetic studies, however, show that females are not averse to a little bit of spice in the herb garden with the result that about one in 15 baby magpies is not the child of the male of the pair. Gangs of magpies in breeding season often consist of a happy couple along with a lot of hopeful single males.

Magpies build strange nests of twigs with a domed roof on them to protect them from predators. The female incubates the green speckled eggs, but both parents provide food for the chicks, who remain in the nest for about a month.

For the rest of the year, magpies tend to hang around in large groups, sometimes as many as 100. These appear to be extended families living together and helping each other.

Origin of the Name

The word 'magpie' comes from 'Margaret Pie'. Mag is a shortened form of the name Margaret. Pie comes from the Latin name for the bird, pica. The words 'piebald' and 'pied' (meaning of two colours, especially black and white) both come from the word 'magpie'.

Other Magpies

The name is also used for some other related species of long-tailed birds; Blue and Green magpies of Asia: Cyanopica, Cissa and Urocissa. The Australian Bell-magpies (Gymnorhina), are unrelated, being called magpies because of their black and white plumage. They are, however, short-tailed and sing with a musical voice.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

One-for Sorrow Six- for Gold
Two-for Joy Seven-for a Story never to be
Three-for a Girl Told.
Four- for a Boy
Five- for Silver

Answer 11

Salute and greet the magpie with "Hello Mr Magpie, how are your wife and kids?", if she replies "You what?!".....

a) You're going insane, magpies aren't fluent in the human language, and

b) You calling her a bloke? I'd use an umbrella if I was you!