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Winter trivia winner

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Subject: Winter trivia winner
From: Con Boekel <>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 23:52:20 +0000
It is likely that Shakespeare intended a double entendre. He was that
sort of chap and the Merry Wives of Windsor was that sort of play.

As we all know, it is possible that there may be more to going a birding
than meets the eye.

regards

Con


On 6/6/2017 10:23 AM, John Leonard wrote:
> I assume that in the merry wives the reference is to falconry
>
> John Leonard
>
>> On 6 Jun 2017, at 9:12 am, Terry Bell <> wrote:
>>
>> Is first off the mark Anne Carrick, with correct answer William Shakespeare 
>> and the play Merry Wives of Windsor.
>>
>> There were several other right answers but it was interesting to learn that 
>> the words birding and bird watching, presumingly, were in use in England 
>> from very early years.
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