Sunday, July 11, 2010

MY MEMORY PROJECT - about the title

MAGPIES

ONE FOR SORROW.
TWO FOR JOY.
THREE FOR A GIRL.
FOUR FOR A BOY.
FIVE FOR SILVER.
SIX FOR GOLD
SEVEN IS A SECRET NEVER TO BE TOLD

The Magpie chant is a couple of hundred years old and is known through out the British Isles by children to-day.

The last line. SEVEN IS A SECRET NEVER TO BE TOLD. I shall leave you to ponder its meaning in my story.

Anita
www.anitabirt.com

1 comment:

Erinlucks said...

I've actually fallen in love with that little chant!