Old Sayings,Anecdotes,Related to Wildlife

[posie]

* Rain before eleven ((A.M.)) Rain again tomorrow.* Sorry if you're confused David, maybe you got up too early.HeHe.

[david156]

I think i understand now

"rain' rain, go away, come back another day"

Am I getting this right poe?

[posie]

Originally Posted by posie

No I've changed my mind,...... 'womans perogative'.....how about we relate it to
previous post if we can but not necessarily. 'owssat?'.....Silly Woman, that's how it was in the first place, 'What am oi loike?'

Are you '*sending me up* David? it's easy(well,it is if you're female),Relate it to previous post if you can, BUT NOT NECESSARILY. Wot are YOU loike?...

[loripo]

Erm - Magpies...
one for sorrow
two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told
Eight for a lie
Nine for a truth
Ten for the secret of eternal youth

[posie]

Nice one Lori, I hope I see 10. We always 'hold our collar and look for a dog' if we see one magpie, but then we do that if we see a 'funeral procession' as well...I hadn't realised how utterly rediculous and 'archaic' that would look in print. Ah well, HeyHo.

[david156]

My old next door neighbour was a bit superstitious and always looked for the second magpie if she saw one just so that she didn't have sorrow. One day she did this while driven and ended up putting her car through a fence into a farmers field. She got out of the car ok and then saw the second magpie.

[posie]

Yes one for the sorrow of having prang, Two of joy that she was still alive...SO IT DOES WORK !! there's the evidence.

[loripo]

Ne'er cast a clout, 'til may be out...

the month or the flower?

[davecatt]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

[Muggsy]

Originally Posted by posie

* Rain before eleven ((A.M.))

I've always believed that to be "rain before 7 (am) dry before 11 (am)