 | Literature - 1904 - 868 pages
...are 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... | |
 | Reginald Bosworth Smith - Birds - 1905 - 500 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'il's own sell." A bad look-out, you may say ; but some of the... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - Folklore - 1908 - 472 pages
...blithe, but a single magpie filled us with forebodings. Need I repeat the old verse ? One, for sorrow ; Two, for mirth ; Three, for a wedding ; Four, for a birth ; Five, for a fiddler ; Six, for a dance ; Seven, for Old England ; Eight, for France. in a bread-loaf was ominous... | |
 | Eliza Gutch - Folklore - 1908 - 476 pages
...blithe, but a single magpie filled us with forebodings. Need I repeat the old verse? One, for sorrow ; Two, for mirth ; Three, for a wedding ; Four, for a birth ; Five, for a fiddler ; Six, for a dance ; Seven, for Old England ; Eight, for France. in a bread-loaf was ominous... | |
 | Elliott O'Donnell - Animal ghosts - 1913 - 324 pages
...respecting the magpie as a harbinger of ill luck. In Lancashire, for example, there is this rhyme : " One for anger, two for mirth, Three for a wedding,...Five for rich, six for poor, Seven for a witch, I dare tell you no more." From further north comes this couplet : " Magpie, magpie, chatter and flee,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 796 pages
...I may be mistaken, but I have always considered the following to be correct : — " One for sorrow, two for mirth, Three for a wedding, four for a birth, Five for a fiddle, six for a dance, Seven for old England, eight for old France." KAHL. THE SALAMANDER (p. 106)... | |
 | Kenneth Fields - History - 1998 - 172 pages
...has many local variations associates the number of birds seen at one time with certain predictions: One for anger, two for mirth. Three for a wedding, four for a birth. Five to be rich, six to be poor. Seven for a witch, I can tell you no more. Barnacle geese were once said... | |
 | Diagram Group - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1999 - 516 pages
...passing a house omen of death for the inhabitant. One of many versions of magpie rhymes: One for sorrow, two for mirth, Three for a wedding, four for a birth. five for silver, svtforgold, Seven for a story never to Be told. Nests • Magpies building their nests low... | |
 | Jackie Silberg - Education - 2002 - 516 pages
...captain said, "Quack! Quack!" I saw eight magpies in a tree. Two for you and six for me. One for sorrow, two for mirth. Three for a wedding, four for a birth. Five for England, six for France. Seven for a fiddler, eight for a dance. Theme Connections Counting Numbers... | |
 | Raven Kaldera, Tannin Schwartzstein - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2002 - 322 pages
...old rhyme regarding crows as a divinatory practice is as follows: One crow for bad news, two crows for mirth; Three for a wedding, four for a birth; Five for treasure, six for a thief; Seven a journey and eight is grief; Nine for a secret and ten 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. 
