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" For anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to see single magpies; but two may be always regarded as a favorable omen; and the reason is, that in cold and stormy weather one magpie alone leaves the nest in search of food, the other remaining sitting... "
A Collection of Newspaper Extracts: Being, with a Few Exceptions, Taken from ... - Page 123
1842
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The London Magazine

1828 - 746 pages
...the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to see single magpies,—but two may be always regarded as a favourable omen; and the reason is, that in cold and...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 5

1828 - 456 pages
...the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...magpies, but two may be always regarded as a favourable oinen ; and the reason is, that, in cold and stormy weather, one magpie alone leaves the nest in search...
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The Christian Advocate, Volume 6

1828 - 596 pages
...good deal founded upon the observation of the instinct of birds, and there are many superstition» of the vulgar owing to the same source. For anglers,...the reason is, that in cold and stormy weather, one magpipe alone leaves the nest in search of food, the other remaining sitting upon the eggs, or the...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 9

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1828 - 410 pages
...source (observation of the instinct« of birds}. For anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to âńĺ single magpies, but two may be always regarded as a favourable omen; aou the reason is, that in cold and stormy weather, one magpie alono leaves tbe nest in search of food,...
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The London Magazine

1828 - 724 pages
...the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to the same source. For anglers, in spring, ft is always unlucky to see single magpies, — but two may be always regarded as a favourable omen...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1832 - 406 pages
...that the augury of the ancients was a good deal bunded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...it is always unlucky to see single magpies, — but twu may be always regarded as a favourable omen ; and the reason is, hat in cold and stormy weather...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 338 pages
...the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instincts of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to see single magpies,—but two may be always regarded as a favourable omen; and the reason is, that in cold and...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 5

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1832 - 832 pages
...same source. For anglers, in spring, it is always unlucky to see single magpies; but two may always be regarded as a favourable omen ; and the reason is,...stormy weather, one magpie alone leaves the nest in warch of food, the other remaining sitting upon the eggs or the young ones ; but, when two go out together,...
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Thaumaturgia, or Elucidations of the marvellous, by an Oxonian [S.R. Hole].

Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1835 - 380 pages
...that the augury ^Fthe ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instinct of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...same 'source. For anglers, in spring, it is always • See Magazine of Natural History, April, 1830. unlucldy to see single magpies ; but two may always...
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Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous

Oxonian - 1835 - 380 pages
...that the augury of the ancients was a good deal founded upon the observation of the instinct of birds. There are many superstitions of the vulgar owing to...same source. For anglers, in spring, it is always * See Magazine of Natural History, April, 1830. unluckly to see single magpies ; but two may always...
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