Guest alex Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 "Manhattanhenge" The last one in particular is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I seen 14 magpies in a field the other week. Needless to say I was confused so I started looking for cracks in the pavement instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4729 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I seen 14 magpies in a field the other week. Needless to say I was confused so I started looking for cracks in the pavement instead. For clarity. One for sorrow, two for mirth,Three for a wedding, four for a birth, Five for silver, six for gold, Seven for a secret not to be told. Eight for heaven, nine for hell, And ten for the devil's own sel'. If you see 14 magpies you bring it down to a single number...eg...1+4 =5 which is for silver If you see a single magpie you always wish it the time of day to ward off evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 So basically I have to track the little c**ts down again for my silver? How do I know they were the same magpies? Should I have gotten off the bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I thought the nursery rhyme was "One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 That magpie on the pitch at the SOS having a shite when we were 0-1 up was quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Barney that top image is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 So basically I have to track the little c**ts down again for my silver? How do I know they were the same magpies? Should I have gotten off the bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4729 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Fucking Magpies From Wiki There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. The following is perhaps the most common modern version: 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 you must not miss Origins The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some cultures, and in England, at least as far back as the early sixteenth century.[1] The rhyme was first recorded around 1780 in a note in John Brand's Observations on Popular Antiquitites on Lincolnshire with the lyric: One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, And four for death.[1] One of the earliest versions to extend this was published, with variations, in M. A. Denham's Proverbs and Popular Saying of the Seasons (London, 1846): One for sorrow, Two for luck; (or mirth) Three for a wedding, Four for death; (or birth) Five for silver, Six for gold; Seven for a secret, Not to be told; Eight for heaven, Nine for [hell] And ten for the d[evi]l's own sell
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