Hi, Amanda. I don't know why you weren't able to see the comments. I can see them myself; perhaps it was just a momentary LJ glitch. I respond at this comment, and send you this info by e-mail, too. The longer version of the poem was posted by callanuv, as follows:
One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl, and Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret that's never been told Eight for sunshine Nine for rain Ten to be lost and found again. Eleven bring fortune to all that them see Twelve for a journey down to the sea. Originally, it was a magpie counting rhyme, from England. In the US, crows are far more common in most areas than magpies, and the rhyme is almost always about crows. Another one starts One for sorrow Two for mirth Three for a wedding, and Four for a birth..." I don't remember that one by heart. I'll look it up, sometime soon.
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