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Saluting Magpies?

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smudge | 19:35 Fri 09th Jul 2004 | History
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Why do some people salute on seeing Magpies (one for sorrow -two for joy etc.,) & where does it originate from please?
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A medieval superstition believed that Satan walking the earth took the form of a magpie, and if you saluted him, it inferred that you had recognised him in his disguise, and his evil against you was neutralised.
23:17 Fri 09th Jul 2004
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If you click here, that will link you to an earlier AnswerBank page which has several �magpie' responses...including one from Andy!
10:52 Sat 10th Jul 2004

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