magpies

[the boss]

one day i had a magpie in my garden for days on end then another i got a phone call to say someone in my family had died.Is it true that this magpie was telling me something

[Gooner_Badge]

It's all about superstition.

Magpies - 1 for sorrow / 2 for Joy / 3 for a girl / 4 for a boy.

If u seen a certain amount of magpies, and something relating to that number happened to happen .. u would automatically start thinking the superstition is true .. human nature isn't it.

Personally .. I dont think the bird was trying to tell u anything .. just unfortunate timing methinks.

        

[jno]

I've had 2 magpies in my garden for weeks, but am I joyful? Nope. Same old grouch.

[Lil-Ol-Me]

There is another version of the old rhym.....

1 for sadness, 2 for mirth, 3 for marriage, 4 a birth, 5 for laughing, 6 for crying, 7 for sickness, 8 for dying, 9 is silver, 10 is gold, 11 is a secret never to be told.

[spinchimp]

No.

[lopsibear]

I think the magpie was probably a Banshee. they're an irish tradition/myth, usually assocaited with a woman wailing before the death of a family member, but they have also taken the shape of a bird, eg crow. i'v never heard of a magpie, but i have had a similar experience with a crow. one appeared at a window in our house, tapping on it for the 5 nights before my gran died (she had also experience of the Banshee), when she passed away the crow dissappeared. nothing similar has happened since! If you want to know more, do a google search!