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RTT show poster
Letterpress edition
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One for Sorrow is an English nursery rhyme referring to the superstitions associated with seeing magpies. Regarded as a bird of ill omen, magpies gather in groups known as parliaments during the spring to resolve territorial conflicts, though the rhyme may originate in the bird's habit of mating with one partner for life (signified by the first two lines of the verse). Saluting a single bird and repeating "Hello Mr Magpie, how's your lady wife today" is supposed to remedy the bad luck of having seen it.
Linocut illuminated letters by Richard Ardagh, set and printed by hand with Graham Bignell at New North Press in an edition of 150. Available to buy from New North Press online shop.
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