{"id":16738,"date":"2018-03-20T13:07:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=16738"},"modified":"2018-03-20T13:07:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T12:07:57","slug":"first-day-of-spring-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=16738","title":{"rendered":"First day of spring sign!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first day of spring, snow showers and, right on the dot, I heard my first yellowhammer singing this morning whilst I was in the outhouse….managed to capture one short “Little bit of bread” phrase.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“1896, Edward Marston, By meadow and stream: pleasant memories of pleasant places<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is delightful to hear the yellowhammer’s song \u2014 his only song : “A little bit of bread and no cheese.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1937, Lovely places I remember (in The Rotarian, volume 50, number 2, February 1937)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“A little bit of bread and no cheese!” cry the yellowhammers petulantly. But no one takes any notice of them.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In Norwegian they sing:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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En-to-tre-fire-fem-seks-syv) with weight on syv.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(meaning 1-2-3-4-5-6-7…..
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