Magpie Madness

Magpie Madness

Magpie Poem--One for Sorrow

This version is in M. A. Denham's Proverbs and Popular Sayings 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.

My day with Magpies was in the Salt Lake City Cemetery