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Re: a hawk from a handsaw?
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: a hawk from a handsaw?
- From: "Rob G" <thrush@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 19:56:31 +0000
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
R. Bierregaard queried:
OK, C-birders. Birds in literature quiz time. Where's this quote from and
what does it mean? ("a hawk from a handsaw")
it's from Shakespeare's Hamlet (YUUUCK! you're dredging up
wretched high school memories!!), and my quick research indicates
'handsaw' is another term for 'heron' in that day and time -- the quote
referring to being able to identify a hawk from a heron in flight.
WHAT DO I WIN???? : - )
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**Rob Gluck......... Chapel Hill,NC......... thrush@hotmail.com
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