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# I know this much
1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told


and then I don't know.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:23, archived)
# Jeebus you type quick.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# I type for a living.
Well, ish.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# My mother in law can't remember past that either
but it doesn't stop her trying to remember it and recite it for 15 minutes when she sees a magpie.

I love her to bits really
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# Pfft
I salute them and say "morning Mr Magpie, how's the wife and kids?"

Not sure why.
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:27, archived)
# The beardedwife does it too
He doesn't know why either.
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:29, archived)
# it's supposedly
to ward off bad luck or encourage good luck (what kind of luck depends on the number of birds)
(prostheses, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:33, archived)
# and one for the little boy who lives down the road
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:24, archived)
# Pfft!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Yeah, little boys LOVE bags of wool.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:25, archived)
# I'd have much prefered a bag of magpies
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:27, archived)
# 8 for squirrels
9 for string
10 for a small cairn terrier called Bobby
11 for £10.99
12 for Uruguay
13 for Oleg Pshinnikov
(SirJonDangerous and his pony-sized bumblebee, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:26, archived)
# somethhing like this...
Eight you live
Nine you die
Ten you eat a bogey pie!
(prostheses, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:31, archived)
# 8 for a wish
9 for a kiss
10 for a bird you must not miss

It's on Wiki
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:35, archived)
# 1 for sorrow
2 for mirth
3 for a wedding
4 for a birth
5 for riches
6 for gold
7 for a secret, never to be told.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:40, archived)