 | Proverbs, Scottish - 1896 - 460 pages
...death, Five a blessing, six hell, Seven the deil's ainsel'. So in England they say— 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... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1898 - 670 pages
...bow to the bird. In Lancashire the saying is : " One for anger, two for mirth, Three for a weililing, four for a birth, Five for rich, six for poor, Seven for a witch, I can lull you no more." In the north the magpie is thus addressed : " Magpie, mngpie, chatter and flee,... | |
 | 1904 - 884 pages
...few children who have not heard the lines which run, albeit with many variations: One for sorrow, ! Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth, Five for Heaven, Six for Hell, Seven for the de'll's own sell. A bad look-out, you may say; but some of the... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - Clergy - 1898 - 368 pages
...correspondent is good enough to send me a Cumbrian version of the old rhyme : — " One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth ; Five for Heaven, Six for Hell, Seven for the Divel's own seP." K In Berkshire, not being theologically minded,... | |
 | Fanny Dickerson Bergen - Animal lore - 1899 - 208 pages
..."). One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, And four for a birth. (Liverpool, England.) One for anger, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding,...poor, Seven for a witch : I can tell you no more. (Lancashire, England.) — Harland and Wilkinson, op. cit., p. 144. 653, 654. Professor AF Chamberlain,... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - Authors, English - 1899 - 370 pages
...correspondent is good enough to send me a Cumbrian version of the old rhyme : — " One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth ; Five for Heaven, Six for Hell, Seven for the Divel's own sel'." K In Berkshire, not being theologically minded,... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 490 pages
...century. Thus we have amongst us the English popular rhyme regarding the appearances of magpies : — " One for anger, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding,...poor, Seven for a witch, I can tell you no more." Derrick who, in 1581, wrote the Imaije of Ireland, says :— " No Pies to plucke the thatch from house,... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 480 pages
...century. Thus we have amongst us the English popular rhyme regarding the appearances of magpies : — " One for anger, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding,...poor, Seven for a witch, I can tell you no more." Derrick who, in 1581, wrote the Image of Ireland, says : — 4 ' No Pies to plucke the thatch from... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 466 pages
...century. Thus we have amongst us the English popular rhyme regarding the appearances of magpies : — " One for anger, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a hirth, Five for rich, Six for poor, Seven for a witch, I can tell you no more." Derrick who, in 1581,... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1903 - 506 pages
...327. One 's joy, two 'sa greet, Three's a weddin', four's a sheet*. — (Scotland) N., ii. • Death. [Five for rich, Six for poor, Seven for a witch, I can tell you no more.] — Hll. Four 's death, Five a blessing, Six hell, Seven 's the deil's ain sell. — C. One for sorrow,... | |
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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. 
