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One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) "One for Sorrow". Three magpies in a tree. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1780. " One for Sorrow " is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck.
Stax. Composer (s) Booker T. Jones. Lyricist (s) William Bell. " Born Under a Bad Sign " is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called "a timeless staple of the blues", [2] the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology ...
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes hits have been re-recorded by other artists, including David Ruffin, Simply Red, Jimmy Somerville, Sybil, the Three Degrees and John Legend, while dance music DJ Danny Rampling cites "Wake Up Everybody" as his favorite song of all time. Gil Saunders continued to perform as a solo artist, and performed all the hits ...
Keep Your Cupboard Fully Stocked. According to superstition, having your pantry or cabinets filled to the brim on New Year's Day signifies good luck and will help you and your family to avoid ...
Betty's Bad Luck in Love premieres on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel. Related: A Publicist Takes On a Major League Pitcher in Hallmark Channel's Hearts in the Game.
Sailors' superstitions. Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs are popular superstitions, while others are better described as traditions, stories, folklore, tropes, myths, or legends. The origins of many of these superstitions ...
Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".
love is the same for all: From Virgil, Georgics III amor patriae: love of the fatherland: i.e., "love of the nation;" patriotism: amor vincit omnia: love conquers all: Originally from Virgil, Eclogues X, 69: omnia vincit amor: et nos cedamus amori ("love conquers all: let us too surrender to love").