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FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA

ABANDONED ROOKERIES

“The rookery abandoned? Why there’ll be a death in that family before too long!” For generations it has been believed in Britain that rooks leaving their nests portend a death in the family of the garden or grounds where they live: rooks are social birds that

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