Bird Sayings And Phrases
The Birds Of The Parlement Of Foules
The Birds Of The Parlement Of Foules The Parlement of Foules, also called the Parlement of Briddes or the Assemble of Foules, is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343?–1400), written in rhyme royal stanza. It contains one of the earliest references to St. Valentine’s Day as a day of celebration of love and romance. […]
Quotes About Birds
Quotes About Birds A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song Lou Holtz If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands Douglas […]
One For Sorrow … Magpie Nursery Rhyme
One For Sorrow, Two For Joy is a popular rhyme associated with magpies and the luck, both good and bad, they bring.
The Legend Of Robin Redbreast
From A Christmas Stocking by Louise Betts.
Collective Nouns For Birds
A murder of crows, a spring of teal, a twack of ducks, and a fling of sandpipers. Discover many more collective nouns for birds.
The Birds Of The Twelve Days Of Christmas
The Birds Of The Twelve Days Of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas is an English Christmas carol first published in 1780 in Mirth Without Mischief, originally without music. One of the stories surrounding The Twelve Days Of Christmas is that it is a “catechism song” used by young Catholics to help them learn the tenets […]
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Who Killed Cock Robin? Who Killed Cock Robin is a somewhat macabre English nursery rhyme or folk song that describes the murder and subsequent funeral of a robin. Some scholars believe that Who Killed Cock Robin? is derived from the early Norse myth about the death of Balder, the god of summer sunlight and the incarnation of […]