Originally Posted by
SteveB
Magpies pair for life. A sort of marriage. [He is obviously cheating by visiting you]
Magpies pairing for life gave rise to the superstition that one is unlucky, because he must have lost his mate. Part of the superstition is, if you see only one magpie, say “Hello Mister and Misses Magpie”, as if there were two of them, and the bad luck will be averted.
I hope you treat your other visitors better than you are treating the poor magpie. I hope he leaves you a bad review.