. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . proach-ing a dove colour. Yet another sport of a pearl grey huewas observed in Ribblesdale in 1884 {Nat. 1896, p. 41). Regarding the folk-lore connected with this species therewill ever be an uncertainty as to whether the bird meantwas a Crow or a Rook, these two names being often usedindiscriminately, and the Rook superstitions may be readconjointly with this; but where the word Daup or Daupee is given there can be no doubt the Carrion Crowis meant. A saying illustrative of this is shewn in the Cleve-land d
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . proach-ing a dove colour. Yet another sport of a pearl grey huewas observed in Ribblesdale in 1884 {Nat. 1896, p. 41). Regarding the folk-lore connected with this species therewill ever be an uncertainty as to whether the bird meantwas a Crow or a Rook, these two names being often usedindiscriminately, and the Rook superstitions may be readconjointly with this; but where the word Daup or Daupee is given there can be no doubt the Carrion Crowis meant. A saying illustrative of this is shewn in the Cleve-land dialect: Thers bound for tae be a lot o Rooks tiyear, t Craws is building Strang, an was seean hae t Daupeesat wark. Here we see the distinction drawn ; Rook andCrow apply to the same bird, but the Carrion Crow (Daupee)builds after the first-named have finished their nests. Likeits larger relative, the Raven, it is deemed to be a bird ofill-omen, and the country children in some parts cry out atits appearance :— Crow, Crow, get out of my sight,Or else Ill eat thy liver and CARRION CROW. 243 If a person falls asleep in the open it is said the Crawswill peck oot his een, and in the rhyme of Lazy Jim we have an exemplification of this supposition :— Asleep, lazy Jim liggd, Like an awd tup ats riggd ; (on its back.) Bud ther cam by what wakkens all sleepers. An awd black Daupee, Wheea seean oppend his ee, Fer he gav him a peck o baith peepers. Jim loupd tiv his feet, An sairly did greet, If Ah catch tha, thoo gray-heeaded sinner, Thooll nivver mair peck, Fer AhU wring tha thy neck. An flmg tha tea t cat fer its dinner ! * It is considered very unlucky for one of these birds toalight on outbuildings ; the cattle are sure to die, and mis-fortune will inevitably follow. It is also supposed that ifa Crow croaks an odd number of times in the morning it willbe a wet day, if an even number it will be fine. Of Yorkshire vernacular names the terms Craw, Carrion-Craw, and Corbie-
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