Stock photoA cat is playing with a small bird. It is all a great game and there is nothing I can do to disrupt, behind glass at the rear of a building. Soon enough the tiny bundle lies limp and the cat moves off with feathered mouth out of sight to eat alone. Humans also kill small birds using light-shot weaponry, especially in mainland Europe, and eat the tiny creatures, feather-plucked. His leabhar nua is called Thirty-Two Words For Field - and, indeed, many other things - from Gill Books and is a fascinating seasonal scattershot of Irish words pertaining to country matters.

Source: Irish Independent December 20, 2020 02:35 UTC