I can remember my nan saying 'don't put new shoes on the table' its unlucky. She would also never have birds (feathered ones !) in the house, not even pictures of them.
Charisse - I was always told with the magpies - if you see one its bad luck, but if you see a pair its good luck - not sure what happens if you see 3 !!
Hello Charisse hun , my sis always says " Hello Mr Magpie hope your family's well "
Hi DEN , my mother used to say not to put new shoes on the table too .
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Hi Bigmamma - I remember that saying too - also another one - don't walk on the cracks in the pavement. Though thats hard in our street - we have more cracks than pavement !!!!
Oh gosh Den yes , I used to make sure , as a child , that I didn't step on any cracks in the pavements , must have looked a tad stupid at times I guess ...lol
Its a wonder we were all not in therapy as children ,Bigmamma - ha ha ha
Oh yes, Charrise -the broken mirror one - I can remember as a kid breaking the mirror on my Sindy dressing table (though it was'nt a real mirror) I was really upset.
I'm not worried about a Friday the 13th either steg , though I hasten to add that it was indeed Friday 13th March 09 when the doctor gave me my bad news !
I thought that the 'offiicial' salutation is; Good Morning, King Magpie........and how is your Queen ?, but, the workaday version is 'Morning Mr Magpie, how's the wife ?......