What's the 'tenth' Magpie in "1 for Sorrow, 2 for Joy, 3 for a girl, 4 for a boy' etc...?

Question

5 for silver, 6 for gold, 7 for a secret never to be told. 8 for a kiss, 9 for a wish and 10 for a ......?

Answer 1

10 for a bird never to be missed.

Answer 2

the rhyme i know differs at the end,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 engagement,9 for marriage,10 for the baby in the golden carriage.

Answer 3

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;
Eight for a wish, nine for a kiss;
Ten for a bird that's best to miss.

For the 70's and 80's kids program 'Magpie' the last line was changed to: "Ten is for a bird you must not miss .. magpie!"

Answer 4

There are literally dozens of magpie rhymes.

There's also the ones that start

1 for Sorrow
2 for Mirth
3 for a funeral
4 for a birth

etc etc.

Answer 5

I don't know about magpies, but the counting crows rhyme goes like this:

One crow sorrow,
two crows joy,
three crows a girl,
four crows a boy,
five crows silver,
six crows gold,
seven crows a secret,
never to be told.
eight crows a wish,
nine crows a kiss,
ten crows a time
of joyous bliss.

Answer 6

10 for a magpie never to be missed - I think

Answer 7

10 is a bird you can not miss

Answer 8

i belive it 10 for a promise never to be missed i used to love the program much better than blue peter

Answer 9

It means Alfred Hitchcocks film/book is coming true....quick hide...but not in a phone box.

Answer 10

10 is for a bird you must not miss.