- 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...
- to them. One
explanation is that the
stone is 'Thor's
Great Stone',
another is that is "Thou
Great Stone" or just '"grit stane",
whilst 'The
Stone of the...
-
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...
- of Dumfries. HMSO. p. 61. Brown,
Thomas (1807). The
Union Gazetteer for
Great Britain and Ireland. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe. p. 372. "Scotland's Places"...
-
Perthshire Advertiser. 4
December 1907. p. 5.
Retrieved 16 May 2024.
Where the
Whaups are Crying, I F
Macleod 2001 "A
Remarkable Record".
Perthshire Advertiser...
- reivers,
including "The reiver's heart" (1903), "The raiders" (1904), "
Whaup o' the rede: a
ballad of the
border raiders" (1909), "Kirkhope Tower" (1913)...
- 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...
- from the
middle ages
until 1611". New
Shetlander No. 250, 37–45. "Lewis,
Great Bernera, Loch Baravat, Dun Baravat"
Archived 2011-07-19 at the
Wayback Machine...
-
interrupted by a
large flock of
whaups.
Angrily shouting at them, he is
accosted by a bird
calling itself a
Respectable Whaup that
wants to know why he has...
