Never heard of that one!!! Can you explain??? ;) :D



(Sure hope bananas in a pussy aren't bad luck!!! :D :D ;))

Heck you're not daft, I am for doing it....SFC wow I would have loved to have seen that bus of children greeting the magpies. Murphy - I didn't know the bit about Merlyn and magpies...my folks were more Queen Mab than Merlin, I'll have to ask them!

I know the rhyme that goes from 1 to 7

1 is for sorrow, 2 is for joy
3's for a girl, 4's fora boy
5's for a silver, 6 is for gold
7's for a secret never to be told

and the old folkstuff goes that wherever there's a bad spell like only seeing 1 magpie there is usually a get out clause - doffing the forelock. That means you either touch the brim of the cloth cap you're wearing, or if you're not wearing one, you tug on your forelock (a lock of hair at your forehead). That get's rid of the sorrow.

Heck my folks told me this when I was wee and it's kinda stuck for the past 20 odd years. Guess I'm just daft that way, but I don't like seeing only 1 magpie:)

Say I will fail a test the minute before starting the test..

Make sure music is on before I go to sleep.

Door to bedroom must be shut at all times....

Three figures prominently in my "superstitious acts".

When I set my alarm, it must be to a time ending in 3.
I tap things a lot. I tap doorjambs as I walk through, I tap my desk a lot and

I tap counters or tables as I pass by...three times.

I knock three times.

I take three breaths before I answer the phone or before I walk out of my office to meet someone.

When I'm making coffee, I tap the scoop three times to make sure it's empty before putting it away.

And I shake it three times before putting it away. :D