{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe282.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe282.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe282.htm","text":"THE MAGPIE.\n \u00a0\"ONE is asign of anger,\n Two is a sign of mirth,\n Three is a sign of a wedding,\n Four is a sign of a birth/death.\"\nA scolding woman is called a magpie. Whenever you see a magpie, take off your hat to it; this will turnaway the anger.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Popular Superstitions: The Magpie","type":"page"}