Do you say this when you see magpies in a tree?
Linda
21/10/2019 02:26:32 pm
I seem to automatically think it, then regret it straight away because I only ever see one magpie at a time in our garden! It's not actually true, is it????
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Lotta
22/10/2019 10:49:05 am
Don't worry Linda, when I was at school we used to have something that counteracted the single magpie superstition... you had to say: "Hello Mr Magpie, how are you and your family?" And then the 'spell' would be broken! (I didn't go to Hogwarts I promise!!)
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Lotta
22/10/2019 10:51:19 am
And my apologies to you all if you now find yourselves starting to say that next time you see a lone magpie!
Freda
23/10/2019 03:16:58 am
Oh, that early conditioning!
Freda
23/10/2019 03:16:12 am
Hope not!!
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Mary
21/10/2019 03:48:53 pm
Can't remember seeing a magpie in my area (crows and blue jays, aplenty, though).
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:18:01 am
Thanks for sharing that Mary. I thought of it often during the day and it made me smile.
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PennyL
22/10/2019 03:25:25 am
I’m always really relieved when I see two! Absolutely ridiculous, but I can’t help it!😂
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:18:49 am
Me too - and I do tend to talk to them..
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Julia
22/10/2019 04:21:39 am
No magpies where we live, but too many in alberta, where my mother lives! And i don’t think she sees them joyfully!
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:19:29 am
They are very handsome thought..
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cath
22/10/2019 09:13:48 am
Pairs of magpies around our apartment. They are by far the noisiest - as long as the Canadian geese are not startled into breaking the sound barrier- and the most daring too. They come without the saying however.
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:20:26 am
Oh that's interesting and makes you wonder how these things start.
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Elizabeth
22/10/2019 10:21:53 am
I often see Magpies here in York. But they are not good news. Since I saw one raid my thrush's nest last spring have not been so keen on them. WhenI was looking after my son's garden recently saw one trying to pull a cable off his neighbour's wall! Loved the image of being so close to the geese circling and landing on the pond!
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:21:49 am
So many creatures do prey on other creatures. Sadly.
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MaryB
22/10/2019 04:47:34 pm
Magpies are a problem for us as they raid the nests of Blue Tits , Great Tits and Wrens so they aren't a source of joy however many we see.
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:22:31 am
Nature red in tooth and claw...
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Freda
23/10/2019 03:23:34 am
I didn't know it went past seven! Come to think of it I have never seen a baby magpie.
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Susan (Dorset)
24/10/2019 09:06:32 am
In Dorset, when you spot a lone magpie, it is important to say
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Susan (Dorset)
24/10/2019 09:08:12 am
Ah! Just found Lotta's comment.
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Freda
25/10/2019 02:27:54 am
We are really funny are we not? I wonder what the magpies think of it!
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Susan (Dorset)
26/10/2019 01:11:12 am
When seeing a lone person, they probably raise a wing to their head, and say "Good morning Mrs. Human and how is your family?" Leave a Reply. |
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