. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . I have To that conditioun, sa God me saif, That he had vowit to the Swan,- Ane yeir to be Johne Thomsouns man. 1 The phrase was proverbial for a person who was ruled by his wife. 2 That ye had vowit to the Swan. The stanza containing this line is quotedfrom the Mait. MS. by Mr. Tyrwhytt in his excellent Glossary to Chaucer, whothere adduces a singular instance of this vow from Matthew of Edward i. wa
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . I have To that conditioun, sa God me saif, That he had vowit to the Swan,- Ane yeir to be Johne Thomsouns man. 1 The phrase was proverbial for a person who was ruled by his wife. 2 That ye had vowit to the Swan. The stanza containing this line is quotedfrom the Mait. MS. by Mr. Tyrwhytt in his excellent Glossary to Chaucer, whothere adduces a singular instance of this vow from Matthew of Edward i. was setting out on his last expedition to Scotland (1306), a festivalwas held at which allati sunt in pompatica gloria duo cygni, vel olores, anteregem, phalerati retibus aureis, vel fistulis deauratis, desiderabile spectaculumintuentibus. Quibus visis rex votum vovit Deo cosli et cygnis se proficisci inScotiam. In the days of chivalry it was customary for the knights to make vowsto God over a roasted Swan, Peacock, Heron, or other bird, and these vows wereheld to be inviolable. The bird was afterwards carried to the table.—SibljaldsChron. of Scot. Poetry, vol. i. p. ANSERES. ( 99 ) ANATIDM. BEWICKS Bewichi. Sum swallis swan, some swallis I standfastand in a nuik. Dunbar. Bewicks Swan, which is about one-third smaller than theWhooper, and, like that bird, visits Scotland on migration, isoccasionally seen oif the coast of Berwickshire during thewinter months. Mr. Hardy, Oldcambus, writing on the12th of November 1886, mentions that a specimen of thisSwan was brought to him from Eedheugh on that day, andadds that it had been cast ashore, probably by the stormwhich took place on the 5 th and 6 th of the same month.^ The length of Bewicks Swan is about four feet, and thebase of the beak is orange yellow. In young birds theplumage is greyish brown. 1 Mr. Hardys MS. Notes,
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