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The Seven Whistlers

Published Date: 20 Apr 2017
Publisher: Haverhill House Publishing
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::128 pages
ISBN10: 0977925625
File size: 49 Mb
Filename: the-seven-whistlers.pdf
Dimension: 152x 229x 8mm::200g

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Cheryl Tipp, Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds, writes: The natural world is one of the cornerstone themes of British folkloric tradition. Wikipedia: In the UK there is a superstitious belief in the "Seven Whistlers" which are seven mysterious birds or spirits who call out to foretell death or a great calamity. In the 19th century, large groups of coal miners were known to have refused to enter the mines for one day after hearing this spectral whistling. The gen eral belief is that the "seven whistlers," as they are called, are the fore tellers of bad luck, disaster or death to some one hi the locality. It is a very ancient suggestion. Both swifts and plovers have been suggested as the "whistlers. These were said to be seven birds, flying together night, whose cries forebode disaster. Belief in them was fairly common among seamen and coal-miners in the 19th century, these being risky occupations where whistling was thought to be unlucky. From: Seven Whistlers in A

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