Folk lore of East Yorkshire . ), laylock (lilac), lintins or tars (tares), London pride (SweetWilliam ; never the plant popularly so called), Nancy pretty(London pride), owm (elm), paums (palms), prick hollan(holly), semper, rock semper (samphire), salary (celery),seggy (sycamore), sparra grass (asparagas), thrimlin jockies(quaking grass), wicks (couch grass), wilf (willow),yak (oak), tars (tares). ^^X^ CHAPTER XII. Blrb6, Hnimal6, Jnsccte^ BIRDS. O a country man, birds are a constant presence,and thongli fewer are found in towns, it isprobable there are more than people have a small g
Folk lore of East Yorkshire . ), laylock (lilac), lintins or tars (tares), London pride (SweetWilliam ; never the plant popularly so called), Nancy pretty(London pride), owm (elm), paums (palms), prick hollan(holly), semper, rock semper (samphire), salary (celery),seggy (sycamore), sparra grass (asparagas), thrimlin jockies(quaking grass), wicks (couch grass), wilf (willow),yak (oak), tars (tares). ^^X^ CHAPTER XII. Blrb6, Hnimal6, Jnsccte^ BIRDS. O a country man, birds are a constant presence,and thongli fewer are found in towns, it isprobable there are more than people have a small garden in Hull, almost sur-rounded by houses, yet therein, I have eitherseen or heard thirty-three different kinds ofbirds, including the night hawk (night jar)and the heron. Among birds, the robin, both in England and France, isaccounted sacred by boys, who will not rob its nest of eggsor young ones. Should a boy do so, his companions hootand hiss at him, singing all the while :— Robbin takker, robbin takker,Sin, sin, sin !. vintil he be driven from their midst. It is believed that, in the autumn, the young robins buntand kill the old ones, I 130 FOLK LORE OF EAST YORKSHIRE, Should this bird go about the hedge chirping mournfully,though the day be bright and the sky cloudless, it will rainere long; and when you see him singing cheerfully, on sometopmost twig, it will soon be fine, though the rain be pouringdown. It is believed that if anyone kill a robin, some direcalamity will happen to the family of the slayer. Whenboys are hunting birds in winter, and the poor little thingsare bewildered by stones and shouts, all sport will suddenlycease, if it be discovered that the bird is a robin, and thecreature allowed to escape. If pigeons congregate on the ridge of the house roof itforetells a storm of wind or rain; while the presence ofpigeons feathers in a bed makes it very hard for anyone todie thereon. White pigeons alighting on a house or near toa person is a sign of death. The
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