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May 16 2008 06:33 GMT ThorBeverley PRO
"One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a story never to be told".

Three for a girl here....
May 16 2008 06:33 GMT sini
Lovely capture!:)
May 16 2008 06:37 GMT ETS2
What a nice "poem", thank you ThorBeverley :))
May 16 2008 06:41 GMT ETS2
Thanks sini for nice comment.
May 16 2008 06:44 GMT ThorBeverley PRO
I can't claim the credit - in England there are lots of superstitions about magpies, some people salute them (to reduce their power as they represent the devil), others say the poem above (or other similar poems) and give themselves good or bad luck according to how many they see.
May 16 2008 07:24 GMT ETS2
Oh, I thought this was just a kind of rhyme, didnt know it was meant for magpies only. Thank you, now I have learnt something new again :)
As far as I know in Sweden there are no superstitions about magpies instead we have an old saying: spit three times if a black cat cross the road in front of you!

May 16 2008 14:18 GMT SIGMUND
LOVELY CAPTURE!!!
May 16 2008 14:27 GMT ETS2
Thank you SIGMUND.
May 16 2008 17:28 GMT gbgd
Well, I was thinking of "one for..." but couldnīt remember it, so thank you, Ets2, for the picture and thank you,ThorBeverley, for the poem!
May 16 2008 17:53 GMT bennystr PRO
Great catch!
May 16 2008 17:56 GMT ETS2
Thank you bennystr!
May 16 2008 18:34 GMT Minz PRO
Lovely photo !
May 16 2008 18:45 GMT smiles66
They are pretty birds whatever their history and your photo captured them in great color.
May 16 2008 22:32 GMT Cooler
Wonderful capture my friend ;-)))
May 25 2008 22:15 GMT Tavascarow
Excellent capture.
:))
May 26 2008 05:43 GMT ETS2
Thank you Tavascarow :)