December 25th Dearest John: I went to the door today and the postman delivered a partridge in a pear tree. What a delightful gift. I couldn’t have been more surprised. With dearest love and affection, Agnes ***** December 26th Dearest John: Today the postman brought your very sweet gift. Just imagine, two turtle doves…. I’m…
Tag: geese
CURIOUS!!!
The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with a Herd of cows, a Flock of chickens, a School of fish and a Gaggle of geese. However, less widely known is: Pride of lions a Murder of crows an Exaltation of doves and, presumably…
