[Georgies Dad]

Originally Posted by Rooney

Green has been considered an unlucky colour for centuries, from clothes to stage props to postage stamps. Car wise there was a racing driver who crashed in the early 20th century killing a dozen spectators and injuring ten more. Shortly after that, the founder of Chevrolet was killed along with three others when he crashed his car in Germany. Both cars were green.

Irish people are particularly susceptible to a fear of green cars, which worked out okay for me, it made my moonstone cheap as chips and many of my family unwilling to call me for a lift

My own irrational superstition involves single magpies. When I was 15 I was dating the most beautiful girl in school. One day I noticed her doing something with her hands every so often. I asked her why, she told me it was to ward off bad luck from the one for sorrow sighting of a single magpie.

I won't repeat it here but I've been doing it for 32 years and find myself unable to stop it

I always say Hello Mr Magpie and have done for 50 odd years