. Birds through the year . FIELDFARES THE STRUGGLE WITH COLD (i) By Land It Is a pretty belief of the country people, and It is general,that many berries mean a hard winter. Such a thing is notimpossible. It could be that weather of the sort to producemuch fruit is a cause of other weather that includes frost;but there is no evidence for the truth of the belief. Oneyear of astounding berry weather In this century wasfollowed by a winter of quite unusual mildness. As oftenwith country people, inherent teleology has been strongerthan observation. The truth is that in England the harvestof berrie
. Birds through the year . FIELDFARES THE STRUGGLE WITH COLD (i) By Land It Is a pretty belief of the country people, and It is general,that many berries mean a hard winter. Such a thing is notimpossible. It could be that weather of the sort to producemuch fruit is a cause of other weather that includes frost;but there is no evidence for the truth of the belief. Oneyear of astounding berry weather In this century wasfollowed by a winter of quite unusual mildness. As oftenwith country people, inherent teleology has been strongerthan observation. The truth is that in England the harvestof berries is always large; and often lasts on until everyfear is gone of the dearth that goes with heavy however open the winter, the favourite berries arealways cleared off, and generally there comes a day whenhunger or laziness compels an attack on the more bitter winter within the writers experience a certain clumpof holly bushes has been attacked and cleared of berries bya sudden onslaught in January. Sev
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