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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Owls in the Moss #140698 03/11/2005 1:09 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Another shot in the dark: at one point, including in the 1400s when Hieronymous Bosch was putting them in all of his paintings, owls were a symbol of evil. Perhaps it is in this capacity that the phrase began? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Owls in the Moss Father Steve 03/10/2005 7:21 PM Re: Owls in the Moss TEd Remington 03/10/2005 7:27 PM Re: Owls in the Moss TEd Remington 03/10/2005 7:30 PM Re: Owls in the Moss Father Steve 03/10/2005 7:33 PM Re: Owls in the Moss plutarch 03/10/2005 7:40 PM Re: Owls in the Moss Sparteye 03/11/2005 1:09 AM Re: Owls in the Moss Father Steve 03/11/2005 2:55 AM Re: Owls in the Moss dxb 03/11/2005 10:48 AM Re: Owls in the Moss Jackie 03/15/2005 1:43 AM Re: Owls in the Moss Father Steve 03/15/2005 2:57 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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