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RE:Tiercels...

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Subject: RE:Tiercels...
From: "terry gourlay" <>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:06:34 +0000
Well at the risk of being tedious and boring the tits off everyone,The Tiercal is of course the Male Falcon,comes from the lower Saxon for one third as it is that much smaller,but what may interest is that in the corrupted form Tassel it was used to name the young Male Goshawk and was often prefixed as Tassel Gentle...it being commonly believed that such birds were a trifle less aggressive than the females...Tut Tut,Shakespeare wrote...."Oh for a Falconers Voice,to lure this Tassel Gentle back again"...Romeo and Juliet..Remember?...Terry Gourlay.



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