Falconry: Fed Up and Looking Haggard
Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases
English - January 28, 2017 17:37 - 31 minutes - 29 MB - ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture animalrights linguistics literature animals compassion history language vegan words Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The practice of hunting wild birds with trained birds -- for fun is called falconry. Though it came into its own almost 1,000 years ago in England after the Norman invasion, it continues to have a stronghold in our contemporary English language. I hope I can lure you to join me today as I share all of the words and expressions that come from this blood sport and to hear about the time *I* was roused to try my hand at falconry and why I turned tail by the end of it.
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