Sunday, July the 14th, 2013
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From Greg Ross at Futility Closet, I learn that an eriff is a two-year-old canary. Why there should be a specific word for a two-year-old canary is a deep and abiding mystery, at least to me.
And Thomas Nashe, in his Lenten Stuff, suggests that another name for a kestrel is a windfucker.
Hooting Yard on the Air, April the 24th, 2014 : “The Pratincole” (starts around 05:07)
Hooting Yard on the Air, July the 5th, 2018 : “The Pratincole” (starts around 05:25)