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== [[Oral Tradition]] ==
* The famous rhyme, with many variations. (Sometimes quoted for [[Ravens and Crows]]
** '-eight's a wish, and nine a kiss; ten is a bird you must not miss.'
** ... eight for heaven, nine for hell, And ten for the devil's own sel'.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has a "Thieving Magpie" card; whenever it deals damage to an opponent, you get to draw a card (representing something that the magpie picked up).
* The "Freedom City" setting for ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has a [[Gentleman Thief]] named Magpie who can [[Transporters and Teleporters|teleport]], but ''never'' would he teleport ''into'' a
* Both normal and giant magpies were described in the ''Creature Catalog'', a monster book for Basic/Expert/etc D&D. Their stats made them weak in combat, but excellent filchers of unattended shiny objects; in effect, they were a potential hook for the DM to lure parties into other encounters, by having a magic item snatched up by this trope's embodiment and forcing them to pursue it.
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