A mischief of magpies

We went to a wedding two days ago, spent the night on the venue, a hotel which impressed Wolfie a lot, because we told him it was a mansion. But I digress. Leaving the place yesterday morning after breakfast, we saw lots and lots of magpies on the way to the main road. One for sorrow, two four joy, three for a girl, four for a boy... Then some more. A group of magpies is called among other things, a mischief of magpies. It can have other names, but I think I prefer to call it a mischief of magpies, because I do find magpies somewhat mischievous. Or at least they always look like they are up to something. We see plenty of magpies round here, but I don't think I ever saw so many together before. I thinkif I was superstitious, I would say it was a good omen for the newlywed couple. In any case, we saw a mischief of magpies.