|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692
Pooh-Bah
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692 |
Could it have been magpies originally then become ravens?
Dear wow,
Just returned from a trip away and looked at this thread – astonished at first by the interest in the corvus family, but then people have always found crows fascinating.
I think your suggestion above is more likely to be true than that the rhyme originally applied to ravens if, as I suppose, it came from Britain – I guess it may not have - could have been translated from German. But although I admit I haven’t done the research, I believe the bird has been rare here for probably three hundred years or more (sticking my neck well out! Someone will probably chop my head off.) except perhaps for parts of Scotland and Wales. The likelihood of seeing several together would be remote, but with magpies it would have been possible occasionally. In fact the magpie which has been on the protected list for some time (I think it may have been removed recently ) is now pretty common. I think they thrive on road-kill!!!
There is a collection of ravens hopping around at the Tower of London (something about the fate of the kingdom depending on their survival, like the apes on Gibraltar) they are cared for by the Beefeaters I believe. That is the only place I have seen a raven outside an aviary.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
Two mules for Sister Sarah
The Seven-Ups
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 107
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 107 |
How about the "Seven Faces of Eve"? (Wasn't there a note at the end of the movie about the possibility of her actually having thirteen different personalities? I seem to remember something about they others couldn't be actually catagorized as they never spoke (too young) but the actions were listed as separate individuals)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511 |
Wasn't that "Three Faces..."? And there was another one made famous but we can't remember 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
the "Seven Faces of Eve"
Or either the Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, one.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 170
member
|
|
member
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 170 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
Houston, we have ignition.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 688
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 688 |
OK, an aside about ravens. When my hubby and I went to Yellowstone Park in February, we were forewarned not to leave any food items or wrappers in our snowmobiles. My understanding is they have a tremendous sense of smell. We witnessed the ravens opening the locked trunks and pulling items out. We saw the destruction the birds caused to one machine, when it could not get the lock open, it tunnelled its way through the seat to trunk to get food out. Nasty birds!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,809
Members9,187
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
1,031
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
