[MR] BBC: Falconry and Shakespeare

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

Today the BBC offers an interesting illustrated feature about how the 
language of falconry created a number of modern phrases, surprisingly 
many becoming common through Shakespeare's plays. The story is set at 
Ashford Castle in Ireland, and the writer relates his experiences on his 
first time hunting with a Harris hawk. The article is fascinating, and 
the illustrations are striking (especially the castle under a rainbow; 
how quintessentially Irish!): 
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170111-how-irish-falconry-changed-language 
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Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, The Laird of Mallard Lodge