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One of the earliest versions to extend this was published, with variations, in Michael Aislabie Denham's Proverbs and Popular Saying of the Seasons (London, 1846)
One for sorrow,
Two for luck; (or mirth)
Three for a wedding,
Four for death; (or birth)
Five for silver,
Six for gold;
Seven for a secret,
Not to be told;
Eight for heaven,
Nine for [hell]
And ten for the d[evi]l's own sell![3] |
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"courtesy of Wiki
One of the earliest versions to extend this was published, with variations, in Michael Aislabie Denham's Proverbs and Popular Saying of the Seasons (London, 1846)
One for sorrow,
Two for luck; (or mirth)
Three for a wedding,
Four for death; (or birth)
Five for silver,
Six for gold;
Seven for a secret,
Not to be told;
Eight for heaven,
Nine for [hell]
And ten for the d[evi]l's own sell![3]"
Ah I've never heard 8,9 or 10.
Don't you have to see them all together though?? X |
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"One for sorrow , 2 for joy,
3 for a girl 4 for a boy
5 for silver 6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told
I just made that up off top of my head is probs wrong! "
Thats the one I've always known 
Never gone any higher than 7
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"courtesy of Wiki
One of the earliest versions to extend this was published, with variations, in Michael Aislabie Denham's Proverbs and Popular Saying of the Seasons (London, 1846)
One for sorrow,
Two for luck; (or mirth)
Three for a wedding,
Four for death; (or birth)
Five for silver,
Six for gold;
Seven for a secret,
Not to be told;
Eight for heaven,
Nine for [hell]
And ten for the d[evi]l's own sell![3]
Ah I've never heard 8,9 or 10.
Don't you have to see them all together though?? X"
I know this version from watching commercial television occasionally with Susan stranks
One for sorrow , 2 for joy,
3 for a girl 4 for a boy
5 for silver 6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told
There were nine altogether in a line
How many for a magpie funeral? |
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I remember it as
1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told
8 a wish
9 a kiss
10 a bird you must not miss
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