tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post8669198003080797929..comments2023-05-29T13:16:10.208+00:00Comments on Norfolk 'n Good!: Strange Country WaysRoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-44747082103155154512012-03-20T23:41:22.263+00:002012-03-20T23:41:22.263+00:00Any robins around?Any robins around?mig bardsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300752183969606815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-67058762880901895222012-03-19T08:01:55.092+00:002012-03-19T08:01:55.092+00:00I've always believed it's what farmers do ...I've always believed it's what farmers do to protect their crops.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-87455031156347750412012-03-18T16:19:34.749+00:002012-03-18T16:19:34.749+00:00Is/was it a rook or a crow? A parliament of rooks,...Is/was it a rook or a crow? A parliament of rooks, but a murder of crows, as Voltaire used to say. QED.<br /><br />Nice piece of baler twine.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-29700051449146788782012-03-17T15:02:23.363+00:002012-03-17T15:02:23.363+00:00Z: There'll be Boo-Birds over...
Mike: I wish...Z: There'll be Boo-Birds over...<br /><br />Mike: I wish he'd come round my garden and produce a display of moles on the fence. <br /><br />Sir B: It has mysteriously disappeared now so it may have been taken away by a crack SAS Rookie team.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-35408696186599109482012-03-15T16:40:53.703+00:002012-03-15T16:40:53.703+00:00My first thought was a Gamekeeper's Gibbet (as...My first thought was a Gamekeeper's Gibbet (as already suggested). It could be a Druidic ghost fence. An invisible and impassable fence to confound the enemy (whoever they may be).<br />Or it could just be a dead bird on a bit of string.Sir Bruinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795621095731354108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-926322609534951162012-03-15T13:33:08.398+00:002012-03-15T13:33:08.398+00:00P.s. Sorry Rog. NOT Gamekeeper's gallows. Shou...P.s. Sorry Rog. NOT Gamekeeper's gallows. Should have said Gamekeeper's Gibbet. When the gamekeeper tried to show the landowner that he (the gamekeeper) was doing his job by displaying the corpses of the predators he'd shot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-58268521816394290302012-03-15T13:24:34.747+00:002012-03-15T13:24:34.747+00:00I think it was Voltaire who said that the English ...I think it was Voltaire who said that the English shot Admiral Byng "pour encourage l'autres", and I think possibly a local gamekeeper is trying to encourage all the other crows to stay away from his patch. <br />Perhaps Christopher could correct the quotation, and/or its source ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-49008597061762191692012-03-15T09:34:14.422+00:002012-03-15T09:34:14.422+00:00If it had a little label on it reading 'Boo!&#...If it had a little label on it reading 'Boo!' it could have been a scarecrow. Though Lil doesn't look too bothered.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-58815564827805115292012-03-15T07:39:37.953+00:002012-03-15T07:39:37.953+00:00Tim: You're on fire! And hanging's too goo...Tim: You're on fire! And hanging's too good for 'em!<br /><br />Martin: They do try to rook you with the add-on costs...<br /><br />Mike and Ann: I was relying on your Country Knowledge to solve this one!<br /><br />Gabby: Was it outside a house called "Souzere"?Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-64676339835095740632012-03-15T02:35:08.488+00:002012-03-15T02:35:08.488+00:00I have no idea, but I saw a pig's head stuck o...I have no idea, but I saw a pig's head stuck on a fence post by the road once and thought they might be trying to tell us something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-68082654164041307042012-03-14T21:48:42.177+00:002012-03-14T21:48:42.177+00:00Well, I was just thinking hung parliament ... neve...Well, I was just thinking hung parliament ... never mind.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-27799560809532593652012-03-14T20:07:58.321+00:002012-03-14T20:07:58.321+00:00P.s. Norfolk fenland folklore :-
A crow in a crow...P.s. Norfolk fenland folklore :-<br /><br />A crow in a crowd is a rook -<br />A rook on its own is a crow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-90485991997402420142012-03-14T20:06:31.811+00:002012-03-14T20:06:31.811+00:00Gamekeeper's Gallows??Gamekeeper's Gallows??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-40399891119876074042012-03-14T19:35:48.148+00:002012-03-14T19:35:48.148+00:00It might be Ryanair's way of announcing suspen...It might be Ryanair's way of announcing suspended flights.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-26556517985717653432012-03-14T18:57:47.459+00:002012-03-14T18:57:47.459+00:00It's a political statement or warning. A crow...It's a political statement or warning. A crowD (did you see what I did there?) of rooks is called a Parliament.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.com