Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 8, 2025
There by the side of the fence he stood, panting from his race, his handsome face glowing with colour, a boy about twelve or thirteen, with a fine strong figure, remarkably well dressed for a bird-scarer. For that was what he was, and he carried a queer, heavy-looking old gun.
An old Wiltshire woman's memories Her home Work on a farm A little bird-scarer Housekeeping The agricultural labourers' rising Villagers out of work Relief work A game of ball with barley bannocks Sheep-stealing A poor man hanged Temptations to steal A sheep-stealing shepherd A sheep-stealing farmer Story of Ebenezer Garlick A sheep-stealer at Chitterne The law and the judges A "human devil" in a black cap How the revolting labourers were punished A last scene at Salisbury Court House Inquest on a murdered man Policy of the farmers
One day, near West Knoyle, I came upon a vast company of rooks busily engaged on a ploughed field where everything short of placing a bird-scarer on the ground had been done to keep the birds off.
There the wind and driving rain are not for but against you, and may overcome you with misery. One feels their loneliness, monotony, and desolation on many days, sometimes even when it is not wet, and I here recall an amusing encounter with a bird-scarer during one of these dreary spells.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking