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May whaup
Whaap Whaap, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup. (b) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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- is often referred to just as the "curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots. The Eurasian curlew was formally described by the Swedish naturalist...
- (cuckoo) and Loanends (where the lanes end) in County Antrim, Crawtree (crow), Whaup Island (curlew) and Whinny Hill from 'whin' (gorse) in County Down and the...
- the village from Beith and Burnhouse. The name, first recorded in 1260, may be derived from the Gaelic words Dun (a castle) and Luib (a bend). Therefore...
- sacristy is a stone exhibiting carved interlace Celtic style decoration that may be part of an old cross. In 1912 an arch with a chamfered edge lay between...
- A Scotch night, The Australian, Summer country, Kings of the earth, and Whaup o' the rede. Ogilvie was born at Holefield, near Kelso, Borders, Scotland...
- reivers, including "The reiver's heart" (1903), "The raiders" (1904), "Whaup o' the rede: a ballad of the border raiders" (1909), "Kirkhope Tower" (1913)...
- resume on the tide at Southport in the early 1960’s however the loss of Whaup No.39 and yet more silting killed off the revival. In 1910 it was agreed...
- Retrieved 16 May 2024. Where the Whaups are Crying, I F Macleod 2001 "A Remarkable Record". Perthshire Advertiser. 16 March 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 16 May 2024...
- within freshwater lochs and riversincluding tidal areas, so the islands may not always be surrounded by freshwater. It has been estimated that there...
- hills that melt away and meet, With cotton-flowers that wave to us and lone whaups that call, And over all the Border mist – the soft mist over all. When Scotland...