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Mary Had A Little Frog
Mary had a little frog,
Little, frog, little frog,
Mary had a little frog,
It’s skin was green as grass!
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went,
The frog would jump and splash!
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of the song, “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
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Mary had a little frog,
Little, frog, little frog,
Mary had a little frog,
It’s skin was green as grass!
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went,
The frog would jump and splash!
By Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune as that of the song, “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
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Pretty Cow
Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night,
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Do not chew the hemlock rank,
Growing on the weedy bank;
But the yellow cowslips eat,
That will make it very sweet.
Where the purple violet grows,
Where the bubbling water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there and dine.
By Jane Taylor
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Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night,
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Do not chew the hemlock rank,
Growing on the weedy bank;
But the yellow cowslips eat,
That will make it very sweet.
Where the purple violet grows,
Where the bubbling water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there and dine.
By Jane Taylor
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The Sand-Piper
Across the narrow beach we flit,
One little sand-piper* and I;
And fast I gather, bit by bit,
The scattered driftwood bleached and dry.
The wild waves reach their hands for it,
The wild wind raves, the tide runs high,
As up and down the beach we flit -
One little sand-piper and I.
Above our heads the sullen clouds
Scud black and swift across the sky;
Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds
Stand out the white light-houses high.
Almost as far as eye can reach
I see the close-reefed vessels fly,
As fast we flit along the beach -
One little sand-piper and I.
I watch him as he skims along
Uttering his sweet and mournful cry;
He starts not at my fitful song,
Or flash of fluttering drapery.
He has no thought of any wrong;
He scans me with a fearless eye.
Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong,
The little sand-piper and I.
Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night
When the loosed storm breaks furiously?
My driftwood fire will burn so bright!
To what warm shelter canst thou fly?
I do not fear for thee, though wroth
The tempest rushes through the sky
For are we not God’s children both,
Thou, little sand-piper, and I?
By Celia Thaxter (1862)
*sand-piper: later spellings omit the hyphen, forming the word as ‘sandpiper’
Celia Thaxter was born as Celia Laighton on 29 June 1835 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America. She became a poet and a writer. Her published works include “Among the Isles of Shoals” (1878) and “An Island Garden” (1894). Celia Thaxter passed on at 58 years of age on 25 August 1894 on Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, Maine, United States of America.
Across the narrow beach we flit,
One little sand-piper* and I;
And fast I gather, bit by bit,
The scattered driftwood bleached and dry.
The wild waves reach their hands for it,
The wild wind raves, the tide runs high,
As up and down the beach we flit -
One little sand-piper and I.
Above our heads the sullen clouds
Scud black and swift across the sky;
Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds
Stand out the white light-houses high.
Almost as far as eye can reach
I see the close-reefed vessels fly,
As fast we flit along the beach -
One little sand-piper and I.
I watch him as he skims along
Uttering his sweet and mournful cry;
He starts not at my fitful song,
Or flash of fluttering drapery.
He has no thought of any wrong;
He scans me with a fearless eye.
Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong,
The little sand-piper and I.
Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night
When the loosed storm breaks furiously?
My driftwood fire will burn so bright!
To what warm shelter canst thou fly?
I do not fear for thee, though wroth
The tempest rushes through the sky
For are we not God’s children both,
Thou, little sand-piper, and I?
By Celia Thaxter (1862)
*sand-piper: later spellings omit the hyphen, forming the word as ‘sandpiper’
Celia Thaxter was born as Celia Laighton on 29 June 1835 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America. She became a poet and a writer. Her published works include “Among the Isles of Shoals” (1878) and “An Island Garden” (1894). Celia Thaxter passed on at 58 years of age on 25 August 1894 on Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, Maine, United States of America.
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A herd of wild horses could not pull us away from this much fun . . .
“I have the utmost dedication and concentration . . . Oh look! A horse!” -Author Unknown
“Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.” -John Moore (John Trotwood Moore)
What is the difference between a horse and a pony? The difference is largely in size. The heights of horses are measured from the bottom of the hoof to the highest point on the back of a horse, at the withers, which is roughly where a horse’s neck and back meet. In most of the world, horse heights are measured using the metric system; however, in the United States of America, Canada, and England, horse heights are measured in units called ‘hands.’ One hand is equal to 4 inches (10.16 centimeters). A horse is usually considered to be 14.2 (14 hands, 2 inches or 58 inches or 147.32 centimeters) or taller when mature. Any animal under 14.2 when mature is usually considered to be a pony. However, just as a matter of clarification, ponies are still horses; they are just of a smaller size, and so they are usually referred to as ponies rather than horses.
“Horse sense, noun: Stable thinking.” -Author Unknown
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Horses have bigger eyes than any other land animals, other than ostriches - even elephants and humans fall far behind. Squids have the biggest eyes of any living creatures, but squids are marine, or water, animals. Because their eyes are on the sides of their heads, horses are capable of seeing almost 360 degrees, or in a nearly complete circle, all at once. What a view!
Hanna: What does it mean if you find a horse shoe in the road?
Barbara: Good luck - or else some poor horse is walking around in his socks.
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A horse can look forward with one eye and backwards with the other eye. We suggest that you do not try this yourself - you will only end up dizzy, discombobulated, and possibly fall over.
“It’s much easier to ride a horse in the direction it’s going.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
The large eyes and sensitive ears of horses allow them to detect predators early on, giving them ample opportunity to run swiftly away from them, and to put considerable distance between themselves and the predators, which are the animals that hunt and eat them.
“Horses are kinetic sculpture and poetry in motion.” -Author Unknown
Horses can gallop at up to about 68 kilometers (42 miles) per hour in short bursts to escape from predators. Horses can gallop, which is a comfortably sustainable type of running for them over long distances, at about 44 kilometers (27 miles) per hour. The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse is 88 kilometers (55 miles) per hour.
Jenny: Guess what - I went riding this afternoon.
Jennifer: Horseback?
Jenny: Sure is. He got back an hour before I did.
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Riddle: A man took his horse out for a ride every day. Two of the horse’s legs ran 5 miles but the other two ran 6 miles. How is that possible?
Answer: The horse ran in circles.
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“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” -Helen Thompson (Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley (1874 - 1947)
“I have the utmost dedication and concentration . . . Oh look! A horse!” -Author Unknown
“Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.” -John Moore (John Trotwood Moore)
What is the difference between a horse and a pony? The difference is largely in size. The heights of horses are measured from the bottom of the hoof to the highest point on the back of a horse, at the withers, which is roughly where a horse’s neck and back meet. In most of the world, horse heights are measured using the metric system; however, in the United States of America, Canada, and England, horse heights are measured in units called ‘hands.’ One hand is equal to 4 inches (10.16 centimeters). A horse is usually considered to be 14.2 (14 hands, 2 inches or 58 inches or 147.32 centimeters) or taller when mature. Any animal under 14.2 when mature is usually considered to be a pony. However, just as a matter of clarification, ponies are still horses; they are just of a smaller size, and so they are usually referred to as ponies rather than horses.
“Horse sense, noun: Stable thinking.” -Author Unknown
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Minds And Thinking Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Horses have bigger eyes than any other land animals, other than ostriches - even elephants and humans fall far behind. Squids have the biggest eyes of any living creatures, but squids are marine, or water, animals. Because their eyes are on the sides of their heads, horses are capable of seeing almost 360 degrees, or in a nearly complete circle, all at once. What a view!
Hanna: What does it mean if you find a horse shoe in the road?
Barbara: Good luck - or else some poor horse is walking around in his socks.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Socks And Stockings Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
A horse can look forward with one eye and backwards with the other eye. We suggest that you do not try this yourself - you will only end up dizzy, discombobulated, and possibly fall over.
“It’s much easier to ride a horse in the direction it’s going.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
The large eyes and sensitive ears of horses allow them to detect predators early on, giving them ample opportunity to run swiftly away from them, and to put considerable distance between themselves and the predators, which are the animals that hunt and eat them.
“Horses are kinetic sculpture and poetry in motion.” -Author Unknown
Horses can gallop at up to about 68 kilometers (42 miles) per hour in short bursts to escape from predators. Horses can gallop, which is a comfortably sustainable type of running for them over long distances, at about 44 kilometers (27 miles) per hour. The fastest recorded sprinting speed of a horse is 88 kilometers (55 miles) per hour.
Jenny: Guess what - I went riding this afternoon.
Jennifer: Horseback?
Jenny: Sure is. He got back an hour before I did.
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Riddle: A man took his horse out for a ride every day. Two of the horse’s legs ran 5 miles but the other two ran 6 miles. How is that possible?
Answer: The horse ran in circles.
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“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” -Helen Thompson (Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley (1874 - 1947)
I dream of Horses . . .
Black, Brown, Chestnut, Bay,
Palomino, Pinto, Roan and Grey,
Strawberry Sorrels with manes of Red,
Galloping, Galloping past my bed . . . .
-Author Unknown
Horses sleep standing up, but if they feel safe, they will sometimes sleep lying down.
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I bless the hoss from hoof to head -
From head to hoof, and tale to mane! -
I bless the hoss, as I have said,
From head to hoof, and back again!
-James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)
“The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.” -Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere
Overheard: Horses just naturally have Mohawk haircuts.
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Horses belong to the Equus family. ‘Equus’ comes from the ancient Greek word for ‘quickness.’ The genus and species of the horse is ‘Equus caballus.’
“Heaven is high and Earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means.” -Rudolf C. Binding
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Horses are closely related to both zebras and donkeys.
William: What do you call a horse wearing Venetian blinds?
Billy: A zebra.
A visitor to the farm was asking all kinds of questions about the animals he saw. “Why doesn’t that cow have horns?” he inquired of the farmer. “Well,” drawled the farmer, “cows don’t have horns for many reasons. Some of them are removed, some kinds of cows never grow them, and some get them when they mature. That particular cow doesn’t have horns,” he added, “because he’s a horse.”
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“I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that my art is not above the ordinary.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
About to take his first horseback ride, the greenhorn was checking out the horses in the stable. The old wrangler asked whether he wanted an English saddle or a Western saddle. “What’s the difference?” asked the tenderfoot. “The English saddle is flat, while the Western has a horn on the front.” “Better give me the English saddle,” the fellow replied. “I don’t expect to be riding in traffic.”
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“People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.” -Marya Mannes
“It’s always been and always will be the same in the world: The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped.” -Author Unknown
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“There are no handles to a horse, but the 1910 model has a string to each side of its face for turning its head when there is anything you want it to see.” -Stephen Leacock (Stephen Butler Leacock (1869 - 1944)): “Literary Lapses” (1910), ‘Reflections on Riding’
Black, Brown, Chestnut, Bay,
Palomino, Pinto, Roan and Grey,
Strawberry Sorrels with manes of Red,
Galloping, Galloping past my bed . . . .
-Author Unknown
Horses sleep standing up, but if they feel safe, they will sometimes sleep lying down.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Sleep And Sleeping Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
I bless the hoss from hoof to head -
From head to hoof, and tale to mane! -
I bless the hoss, as I have said,
From head to hoof, and back again!
-James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)
“The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.” -Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere
Overheard: Horses just naturally have Mohawk haircuts.
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Barbers And Hairstylists Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Horses belong to the Equus family. ‘Equus’ comes from the ancient Greek word for ‘quickness.’ The genus and species of the horse is ‘Equus caballus.’
“Heaven is high and Earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means.” -Rudolf C. Binding
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Inspiration And Motivation Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
Horses are closely related to both zebras and donkeys.
William: What do you call a horse wearing Venetian blinds?
Billy: A zebra.
A visitor to the farm was asking all kinds of questions about the animals he saw. “Why doesn’t that cow have horns?” he inquired of the farmer. “Well,” drawled the farmer, “cows don’t have horns for many reasons. Some of them are removed, some kinds of cows never grow them, and some get them when they mature. That particular cow doesn’t have horns,” he added, “because he’s a horse.”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Differences And Individuality Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that my art is not above the ordinary.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))
About to take his first horseback ride, the greenhorn was checking out the horses in the stable. The old wrangler asked whether he wanted an English saddle or a Western saddle. “What’s the difference?” asked the tenderfoot. “The English saddle is flat, while the Western has a horn on the front.” “Better give me the English saddle,” the fellow replied. “I don’t expect to be riding in traffic.”
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Vehicles And Driving Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.” -Marya Mannes
“It’s always been and always will be the same in the world: The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped.” -Author Unknown
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“There are no handles to a horse, but the 1910 model has a string to each side of its face for turning its head when there is anything you want it to see.” -Stephen Leacock (Stephen Butler Leacock (1869 - 1944)): “Literary Lapses” (1910), ‘Reflections on Riding’
“Horse: A kind of large dog that eats grass and can run like the wind.” -Author Unknown
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Horses are large, fast-running mammals that live in family groups, or herds, on grasslands.
Wild horses are nomadic, or wandering, herbivores that eat grass.
Domestic horses eat grass and hay, as well as oats and other grains, but they are partial to treats of carrots, apples, and sugar cubes.
Sarah
Schubert had a horse named Sarah.
He drove her to the big parade.
And all the time the band was playing
Schubert’s Sarah neighed.
By Marge Roedig
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Stirrup: What you do to pancake batter.
Rebecca: What do you call the horse that lives next door?
Becky: Our neigh-bor!
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“The horse is the only animal into which one can hammer nails.” -Jules Renard (Pierre-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910))
Horse Dreams
I wonder if horses have dreams
Of fresh grass and cold crystal streams,
No shoes and clean air,
A breeze through their hair,
And freedom - they ought to, it seems.
By Author Unknown
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Horses are large, fast-running mammals that live in family groups, or herds, on grasslands.
Wild horses are nomadic, or wandering, herbivores that eat grass.
Domestic horses eat grass and hay, as well as oats and other grains, but they are partial to treats of carrots, apples, and sugar cubes.
Sarah
Schubert had a horse named Sarah.
He drove her to the big parade.
And all the time the band was playing
Schubert’s Sarah neighed.
By Marge Roedig
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Stirrup: What you do to pancake batter.
Rebecca: What do you call the horse that lives next door?
Becky: Our neigh-bor!
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“The horse is the only animal into which one can hammer nails.” -Jules Renard (Pierre-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910))
Horse Dreams
I wonder if horses have dreams
Of fresh grass and cold crystal streams,
No shoes and clean air,
A breeze through their hair,
And freedom - they ought to, it seems.
By Author Unknown
“The wildest colts make the best horses.” -Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (also known simply as Plutarch (about C.E. 46 - about C.E. 120)): “Life of Themistocles”
“A dog looks up to a man, a cat looks down on a man, but a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal.” -Author Unknown
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“You know what they say . . . you can’t fall off a horse unless you were riding one to begin with. Now let’s all get out there and fall off some horses!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
The Prince of Bombay
There was a young prince of Bombay,
Who always would have his own way;
He pampered his horses
On five or six courses,
Himself eating nothing but hay.
By Walter Parke
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“You have probably heard the expression, ‘I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!’ But have you ever started to eat a horse and then realized that you were not that hungry after all?” -Author Unknown
“A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history.” -Author Unknown
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The horses paw and prance and neigh,
Fillies and colts like kittens play,
And dance and toss their rippled manes
Shining and soft as silken skeins
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior (1809 - 1894): “The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes” (1852), ‘How the Old Horse Won the Bet’
“Care, not fine stables, makes a good horse.” -Author Unknown
“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “My Early Life: A Roving Commission” (1930), ‘1874 - 1904,’ page 45
Benjamin: What has four legs and flies?
Franklin: A horse in the summer time.
“Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.” -Author Unknown
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Horses And Ponies Facts
- An adult male horse or pony is called a stallion.
- A young male horse or pony is called a colt.
- An adult female horse or pony is called a mare.
- A young female horse or pony is called a filly.
- A male or female horse or pony that is less than one year of age is called a foal.
- A group of horses or ponies is called a herd, a team (harnessed), a stable, a string (racing), a band, or a mob.
- The sounds made by horses are called neighs, snorts, and whinnying, along with the hoof sounds called clips, clops, and clippity-clops.
- Horses and ponies are herbivores, or animals that eat plants.
- Domestic horses have a lifespan of about 20 to 35 years.
“Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
My horse’s feet are as swift as rolling thunder
He carries me away from all my fears
And when the world threatens to fall asunder
His mane is there to wipe away my tears.
-Bonnie Lewis
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“A dog looks up to a man, a cat looks down on a man, but a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal.” -Author Unknown
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“You know what they say . . . you can’t fall off a horse unless you were riding one to begin with. Now let’s all get out there and fall off some horses!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
The Prince of Bombay
There was a young prince of Bombay,
Who always would have his own way;
He pampered his horses
On five or six courses,
Himself eating nothing but hay.
By Walter Parke
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read Limericks Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“You have probably heard the expression, ‘I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!’ But have you ever started to eat a horse and then realized that you were not that hungry after all?” -Author Unknown
“A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history.” -Author Unknown
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The horses paw and prance and neigh,
Fillies and colts like kittens play,
And dance and toss their rippled manes
Shining and soft as silken skeins
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior (1809 - 1894): “The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes” (1852), ‘How the Old Horse Won the Bet’
“Care, not fine stables, makes a good horse.” -Author Unknown
“No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965)): “My Early Life: A Roving Commission” (1930), ‘1874 - 1904,’ page 45
Benjamin: What has four legs and flies?
Franklin: A horse in the summer time.
“Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.” -Author Unknown
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Horses And Ponies Facts
- An adult male horse or pony is called a stallion.
- A young male horse or pony is called a colt.
- An adult female horse or pony is called a mare.
- A young female horse or pony is called a filly.
- A male or female horse or pony that is less than one year of age is called a foal.
- A group of horses or ponies is called a herd, a team (harnessed), a stable, a string (racing), a band, or a mob.
- The sounds made by horses are called neighs, snorts, and whinnying, along with the hoof sounds called clips, clops, and clippity-clops.
- Horses and ponies are herbivores, or animals that eat plants.
- Domestic horses have a lifespan of about 20 to 35 years.
“Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
My horse’s feet are as swift as rolling thunder
He carries me away from all my fears
And when the world threatens to fall asunder
His mane is there to wipe away my tears.
-Bonnie Lewis
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Somewhere . . .
Somewhere in time’s Own Space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some Paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.
By Stanley Harrison
“Horses lend us the wings we lack.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
Ponies Facts
- Ponies are small horses.
- Ponies have thicker manes and tails than horses.
- Ponies have proportionally shorter legs, thicker necks, and shorter heads than horses.
- Pound for pound, ponies are stronger than horses.
- Ponies are easy to look after and require half the food that horses of the same weight require.
- Well-trained ponies are good for children while they are learning to ride, as ponies often have calmer and less excitable dispositions than horses, and are easier to saddle and climb onto.
Somewhere in time’s Own Space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some Paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.
By Stanley Harrison
“Horses lend us the wings we lack.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
Ponies Facts
- Ponies are small horses.
- Ponies have thicker manes and tails than horses.
- Ponies have proportionally shorter legs, thicker necks, and shorter heads than horses.
- Pound for pound, ponies are stronger than horses.
- Ponies are easy to look after and require half the food that horses of the same weight require.
- Well-trained ponies are good for children while they are learning to ride, as ponies often have calmer and less excitable dispositions than horses, and are easier to saddle and climb onto.
Horse Sense
A horse can’t pull while kicking.
This fact I merely mention.
And he can’t kick while pulling
Which is my chief contention.
Let’s imitate the good old horse
And lead a life that’s fitting;
Just pull an honest load, and then
There’ll be no time for kicking.
By Author Unknown
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A horse can’t pull while kicking.
This fact I merely mention.
And he can’t kick while pulling
Which is my chief contention.
Let’s imitate the good old horse
And lead a life that’s fitting;
Just pull an honest load, and then
There’ll be no time for kicking.
By Author Unknown
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Martin: Why was the pony sent to the principal’s office?
Robin: He was horsing around too much.
“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.” -Sharon Ralls Lemon
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“To ride a horse is to ride the sky.” -Author Unknown
“There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.” -Robert Smith Surtees (1805 - 1864): “Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour” (1853), Chapter XXX: ‘Bolting the Badger’
Denise: Why did the mare go to Hollywood?
Dennis: She wanted to play ‘bit’ parts in the movies.
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“A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
“Small children are convinced that ponies deserve to see the inside of the house.” -Maya Patel
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“A good rider on a good horse, is as much above himself and others, as this world can make him.” -Edward Herbert (1583 - 1648): as quoted in Sidney Lee, editor: “The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury” (1906), page 39
“A horse is worth more than riches.” -Author Unknown: Spanish Proverb
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Did you know that horses are constantly stepping on frogs? The underside of a horse’s hoof is called a ‘frog.’ Frogs fall off a horse several times a year as new growth takes place.
There are an estimated 75,000,000 horses in the world. Some people think that’s not enough!
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Scientists believe that horses have evolved over the past 50 million years from much smaller creatures. Horses have been domesticated for more than 5,000 years.
“There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humor and the other is patience.” -John Lyons
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“Why do horses around? Because they can’t square.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Overheard: “Help - I’ve fallen and I can’t giddy-up!”
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“To me, horses and freedom are synonymous.” -Veryl Goodnight
Zack: What is the difference between a horse and a duck?
Zachary: One goes quick, and the other goes, “Quack!”
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“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
Robin: He was horsing around too much.
“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.” -Sharon Ralls Lemon
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“To ride a horse is to ride the sky.” -Author Unknown
“There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.” -Robert Smith Surtees (1805 - 1864): “Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour” (1853), Chapter XXX: ‘Bolting the Badger’
Denise: Why did the mare go to Hollywood?
Dennis: She wanted to play ‘bit’ parts in the movies.
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“A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
“Small children are convinced that ponies deserve to see the inside of the house.” -Maya Patel
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“A good rider on a good horse, is as much above himself and others, as this world can make him.” -Edward Herbert (1583 - 1648): as quoted in Sidney Lee, editor: “The Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury” (1906), page 39
“A horse is worth more than riches.” -Author Unknown: Spanish Proverb
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Did you know that horses are constantly stepping on frogs? The underside of a horse’s hoof is called a ‘frog.’ Frogs fall off a horse several times a year as new growth takes place.
There are an estimated 75,000,000 horses in the world. Some people think that’s not enough!
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Scientists believe that horses have evolved over the past 50 million years from much smaller creatures. Horses have been domesticated for more than 5,000 years.
“There are only two emotions that belong in the saddle; one is a sense of humor and the other is patience.” -John Lyons
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“Why do horses around? Because they can’t square.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Overheard: “Help - I’ve fallen and I can’t giddy-up!”
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“To me, horses and freedom are synonymous.” -Veryl Goodnight
Zack: What is the difference between a horse and a duck?
Zachary: One goes quick, and the other goes, “Quack!”
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“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.” -Pam Brown (born 1928)
A man was walking down a country road when he heard a voice coming from behind a tree, but all he could see was a horse. “Hello, remember me?” the voice said. “I won the Kentucky Derby Race two years ago.” “A talking horse!” the man exclaimed, and he rushed over to a nearby field where a farmer was working and asked, “What would you take for that horse?” “That horse is no good. You can have him for twenty dollars.” “Twenty dollars! I’ll give you two thousand dollars.” “Has that hay-bag been giving you that nonsense about winning the Kentucky Derby? Listen, I happen to know he came in last.”
“It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker’s yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.” -Author Unknown
Star: Why did one horse reach over another horse’s neck to get some hay?
Violet: It had bad stable manners.
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“Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.” -Josephine Demott Robinson
“Many people have sighed for the ‘good old days’ and regretted the ‘passing of the horse,’ but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.” -C. W. Anderson
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“A Horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse!” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Richard III” (about 1591), Act V, scene iv
“Clydesdales are tall and majestic, and Shetland ponies are small but very strong; both contribute to making our world better in their own ways.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open.” -Gerald Raferty
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Characteristics Of Horses And Ponies
- Narrow, flowing manes.
- Large nostrils that let them breath in large amounts of air quickly.
- Ungulates, or animals with hoofed feet.
- Their hooves and teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetimes.
“Feeling down? Saddle up.” -Author Unknown
A man of kindness to his horse, is kind
But brutal actions show a brutal mind.
He was designed thy servant, not thy drudge.
Remember his creator is thy judge.
-Author Unknown
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Horses vanished from both North America and South America in a wave of extinction that occurred about 15,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. Horses also nearly became extinct in the rest of the world, and about 7,000 years ago, the only horses in the world lived in a small area in the still open grassland steppes of what is now the Ukraine and central Asia. Horses were not seen in the Americas again until 1494, when Italian explorer Christopher Columbus transported them over to the Americas on ships from Spain, during his second voyage to the New World.
“Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.” -Toni Robinson
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“Why did this animal that had prospered so in the Colorado desert leave his amiable homeland for Siberia? There is no answer. We know that when the horse negotiated the land bridge . . . he found on the other end an opportunity for varied development that is one of the bright aspects of animal history. He wandered into France and became the mighty Percheron, and into Arabia, where he developed into a lovely poem of a horse, and into Africa where he became the brilliant zebra, and into Scotland, where he became the massive Clydesdale. He would also journey into Spain, where his very name would become the designation for gentleman, a caballero, a man of the horse. There he would flourish mightily and serve the armies that would conquer much of the known world.” -James Michener
“If you want a stable friendship, get a horse.” -Author Unknown
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“He’s of the color of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger . . . he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Henry V” (1598 - 1599)
“Life is good, horses make it better.” -Author Unknown
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“It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker’s yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.” -Author Unknown
Star: Why did one horse reach over another horse’s neck to get some hay?
Violet: It had bad stable manners.
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“Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.” -Josephine Demott Robinson
“Many people have sighed for the ‘good old days’ and regretted the ‘passing of the horse,’ but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.” -C. W. Anderson
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“A Horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse!” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Richard III” (about 1591), Act V, scene iv
“Clydesdales are tall and majestic, and Shetland ponies are small but very strong; both contribute to making our world better in their own ways.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open.” -Gerald Raferty
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Characteristics Of Horses And Ponies
- Narrow, flowing manes.
- Large nostrils that let them breath in large amounts of air quickly.
- Ungulates, or animals with hoofed feet.
- Their hooves and teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetimes.
“Feeling down? Saddle up.” -Author Unknown
A man of kindness to his horse, is kind
But brutal actions show a brutal mind.
He was designed thy servant, not thy drudge.
Remember his creator is thy judge.
-Author Unknown
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Horses vanished from both North America and South America in a wave of extinction that occurred about 15,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. Horses also nearly became extinct in the rest of the world, and about 7,000 years ago, the only horses in the world lived in a small area in the still open grassland steppes of what is now the Ukraine and central Asia. Horses were not seen in the Americas again until 1494, when Italian explorer Christopher Columbus transported them over to the Americas on ships from Spain, during his second voyage to the New World.
“Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.” -Toni Robinson
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“Why did this animal that had prospered so in the Colorado desert leave his amiable homeland for Siberia? There is no answer. We know that when the horse negotiated the land bridge . . . he found on the other end an opportunity for varied development that is one of the bright aspects of animal history. He wandered into France and became the mighty Percheron, and into Arabia, where he developed into a lovely poem of a horse, and into Africa where he became the brilliant zebra, and into Scotland, where he became the massive Clydesdale. He would also journey into Spain, where his very name would become the designation for gentleman, a caballero, a man of the horse. There he would flourish mightily and serve the armies that would conquer much of the known world.” -James Michener
“If you want a stable friendship, get a horse.” -Author Unknown
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“He’s of the color of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger . . . he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Henry V” (1598 - 1599)
“Life is good, horses make it better.” -Author Unknown
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“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals.” -Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 - 1965))
Mabel: What do you get when you cross a pig and a centipede?
Hazel: Bacon and legs.
Pigs were domesticated, or tamed from wild animals, by humans about 9,000 years ago. Many wild pigs still exist, including wild boars, warthogs, and bushpigs. Some wild pigs have large tusks, which are long teeth used for fighting and digging for food.
Seth: What goes, “Oink, oink,” and steals your money?
Beth: A pig-pocket.
Pigs Facts
- An adult male pig is called a boar.
- An adult female pig is called a sow.
- A young pig is called a piglet.
- A group of piglets is called a litter.
- A group of pigs is called a sounder, a herd, a drove, a passel, a parcel, or a drift.
- The sounds made by pigs are called grunts, snorts, oinks, and squeals.
- Pigs are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals.
- Pigs can live to be 15 years of age.
- Hogs are very large, very heavy pigs.
- Pigs are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Garth: Where do Eskimo pigs live?
Garret: In pig-loos!
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Biff: What uses a pen but cannot write?
Muffy: A pig.
Mabel: What do you get when you cross a pig and a centipede?
Hazel: Bacon and legs.
Pigs were domesticated, or tamed from wild animals, by humans about 9,000 years ago. Many wild pigs still exist, including wild boars, warthogs, and bushpigs. Some wild pigs have large tusks, which are long teeth used for fighting and digging for food.
Seth: What goes, “Oink, oink,” and steals your money?
Beth: A pig-pocket.
Pigs Facts
- An adult male pig is called a boar.
- An adult female pig is called a sow.
- A young pig is called a piglet.
- A group of piglets is called a litter.
- A group of pigs is called a sounder, a herd, a drove, a passel, a parcel, or a drift.
- The sounds made by pigs are called grunts, snorts, oinks, and squeals.
- Pigs are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals.
- Pigs can live to be 15 years of age.
- Hogs are very large, very heavy pigs.
- Pigs are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Garth: Where do Eskimo pigs live?
Garret: In pig-loos!
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Biff: What uses a pen but cannot write?
Muffy: A pig.
You’re Eating Like A Pig Again!
“You’re eating like a pig again!”
My mother scolded me,
“If you keep eating like a pig,
A pig is what you’ll be!”
I simply cannot fathom
What the fuss is all about,
And haven’t I a lovely tail,
And see my splendid snout.
By Author Unknown
“You’re eating like a pig again!”
My mother scolded me,
“If you keep eating like a pig,
A pig is what you’ll be!”
I simply cannot fathom
What the fuss is all about,
And haven’t I a lovely tail,
And see my splendid snout.
By Author Unknown
Gertie: Why did the pig become an actor?
Gertrude: Because he was such a ham.
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About 2 billion pigs call the Earth their home. Look, here they all come now, headed right in our direction.
Herb looked up from fishing on a riverbank to see a herd of pachyderms stampeding directly toward his picnic basket. They must have escaped from Freddy’s hog farm - or were they just on their regular Saturday outing? Herb did not know the answer to this question, but one thing he did know for sure: If he did not reach the picnic basket before the pigs reached it, his coffee cup full of nightcrawlers might be all eaten up. Herb was in a definite pigdicament.
Daphne: What would happen if pigs could fly?
Phoebe: The price of bacon would go way up.
Gertrude: Because he was such a ham.
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About 2 billion pigs call the Earth their home. Look, here they all come now, headed right in our direction.
Herb looked up from fishing on a riverbank to see a herd of pachyderms stampeding directly toward his picnic basket. They must have escaped from Freddy’s hog farm - or were they just on their regular Saturday outing? Herb did not know the answer to this question, but one thing he did know for sure: If he did not reach the picnic basket before the pigs reached it, his coffee cup full of nightcrawlers might be all eaten up. Herb was in a definite pigdicament.
Daphne: What would happen if pigs could fly?
Phoebe: The price of bacon would go way up.
Flying Pig
Hickory, dickory, dare,
The pig flew in the air;
Net in hand, Farmer Brown
Soon brought him down,
Hickory, dickory, dare.
By Author Unknown
An average pig squeals at a range of between 100 and 115 decibels. Piglets are known to get their heads stuck between the wood slats of fences and in other places in their perpetual search for edibles. When a piglet is unable to get free, it will panic and cry for help by ‘squealing like stuck hog.’
Lee: What happened when the pigpen broke?
Roy: The pigs had to write with a pencil.
Pigs are animals with stout bodies, small eyes, flat snouts, hoofed feet, and short tails. They vary in color from brown to black to white to pinkish.
Pigs are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals. Pigs eat a variety of small animals, including worms, grubs, and snakes. However, most domesticated pigs that live on farms eat corn as well as agricultural waste and waste products from food manufacturing. After fields and orchards have been harvested of fruits and vegetables and grains, farmers sometimes release pigs to run around in them, where they gorge themselves on unharvested plant parts, as well as rotten fruits, vegetables, and grains that are not suitable for human consumption. If the fields and orchards were not cleaned up in this way by pigs, rodents, birds, insects, and other scavengers would be attracted to them, and the scavengers would then pose a threat to other crops. On small farms, pigs are often fed swill or slop, made up of kitchen scraps, restaurant waste, and foods discarded by grocers and markets.
“When I come to one of the forks in the road of life, I don’t waste time and energy wishing it was a spoon.” -Miss Piggy
Pigs are smarter than dogs - in fact, pigs are very intelligent animals. They are ranked as the fourth smartest animal on Earth.
1. Humans
2. Primates other than Humans
3. Whales and Dolphins
4. Pigs
5. Dogs
“A pig bought on credit is forever grunting.” -Author Unknown
Hog-Calling Competition
A bull-voiced young fellow of Rawling
Competes in the meets for hog-calling;
The people applaud,
And the judges are awed,
But the hogs find it simply appalling.
By Morris Bishop
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People with allergies sometimes keep pigs as pets because they have hair instead of fur, and so they shed very little. Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash and do tricks. They can even be house-trained. Pot-bellied pigs are particularly popular as pets. Unfortunately, however, even adorable little piggies do eventually grow up to become gigantic fat hogs that take up a lot of space and demand a lot of attention. Oink!
Sue: Are you a great-big fat hog?
Ron: No.
Sue: Don’t worry, little piggy, you’ll grow up someday!
Pinky: What do you call a sunburned pig?
Rosie: Bacon.
Hickory, dickory, dare,
The pig flew in the air;
Net in hand, Farmer Brown
Soon brought him down,
Hickory, dickory, dare.
By Author Unknown
An average pig squeals at a range of between 100 and 115 decibels. Piglets are known to get their heads stuck between the wood slats of fences and in other places in their perpetual search for edibles. When a piglet is unable to get free, it will panic and cry for help by ‘squealing like stuck hog.’
Lee: What happened when the pigpen broke?
Roy: The pigs had to write with a pencil.
Pigs are animals with stout bodies, small eyes, flat snouts, hoofed feet, and short tails. They vary in color from brown to black to white to pinkish.
Pigs are omnivores, or animals that eat both plants and animals. Pigs eat a variety of small animals, including worms, grubs, and snakes. However, most domesticated pigs that live on farms eat corn as well as agricultural waste and waste products from food manufacturing. After fields and orchards have been harvested of fruits and vegetables and grains, farmers sometimes release pigs to run around in them, where they gorge themselves on unharvested plant parts, as well as rotten fruits, vegetables, and grains that are not suitable for human consumption. If the fields and orchards were not cleaned up in this way by pigs, rodents, birds, insects, and other scavengers would be attracted to them, and the scavengers would then pose a threat to other crops. On small farms, pigs are often fed swill or slop, made up of kitchen scraps, restaurant waste, and foods discarded by grocers and markets.
“When I come to one of the forks in the road of life, I don’t waste time and energy wishing it was a spoon.” -Miss Piggy
Pigs are smarter than dogs - in fact, pigs are very intelligent animals. They are ranked as the fourth smartest animal on Earth.
1. Humans
2. Primates other than Humans
3. Whales and Dolphins
4. Pigs
5. Dogs
“A pig bought on credit is forever grunting.” -Author Unknown
Hog-Calling Competition
A bull-voiced young fellow of Rawling
Competes in the meets for hog-calling;
The people applaud,
And the judges are awed,
But the hogs find it simply appalling.
By Morris Bishop
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People with allergies sometimes keep pigs as pets because they have hair instead of fur, and so they shed very little. Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash and do tricks. They can even be house-trained. Pot-bellied pigs are particularly popular as pets. Unfortunately, however, even adorable little piggies do eventually grow up to become gigantic fat hogs that take up a lot of space and demand a lot of attention. Oink!
Sue: Are you a great-big fat hog?
Ron: No.
Sue: Don’t worry, little piggy, you’ll grow up someday!
Pinky: What do you call a sunburned pig?
Rosie: Bacon.
We cannot make up our minds - should we be pigs or sheep today? Wait, we know - we will confuse everybody by being both! Actually, these somewhat sheepish looking ‘wooly pigs’ are one hundred percent pig and not closely related to sheep. They are Mangalica, also known as Mangalitsa or Mangalitza, pigs of proud Hungarian descent.
Question: What do you get if you cross a pig and a conifer?
Answer: A porcupine.
Pigs roll around in the mud to keep cool because they do not have sweat glands. Mud also helps to keep them clean - what? Yes, it is true, mud baths help pigs keep their skin free of bothersome flies, fleas, tics, and lice. Additionally, because pigs can become sunburned, dirt and dried-on mud can provide them with sun-protection.
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Curly: What did the pig say when he was sun-tanning in the Summer?
Porky: “I’m bacon out here!”
Priscilla Pig: “Wow, I never sausage heat!”
Harvey Hog: “I know - I’m almost bacon!”
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A man was walking down the street with a pig under his arm. Another man walking in the other direction asked him, “Where did you get that animal?” The pig replied, “I won him in a raffle!”
Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon, and ham. Leather, lard, and glue can also be made from pigs. And, of course, jars of pickled pigs feet are a standard interior decoration of many grocery stores.
Little Pig: Hey, there!
Big Pig: Hay, hey? Hay is for horses - aren’t you glad we’re pigs?! Grunt, grunt.
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Leopold: Where did the farmer take the pigs on Saturday afternoon?
Priscilla: He took them on a pignic.
Pigs have an excellent sense of smell. Pigs’ snouts are an important tool for finding food, for digging and poking around to uncover food hidden in the ground, and for sensing the world around them.
Could a small pig be called a ‘hamlet’?
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Piglets weigh about 1.1 kilograms (2.5 pounds) when they are born. Adult pigs can weigh on average 136 kilograms to 318 kilograms (300 to 700 pounds). In the United States of America, a pig must weigh more than 82 kilograms (180 pounds) to earn the name hog; however, in much of the rest of the world, 54 kilograms (120 pounds) is accepted.
Gail: Why do pigs eat so much?
Glen: So they can make hogs of themselves.
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“It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the Sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985)): “Charlotte’s Web” (15 October 1952)
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein (Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988)): “Time Enough for Love” (1973), ‘Prelude II’
Question: What do you get if you cross a pig and a conifer?
Answer: A porcupine.
Pigs roll around in the mud to keep cool because they do not have sweat glands. Mud also helps to keep them clean - what? Yes, it is true, mud baths help pigs keep their skin free of bothersome flies, fleas, tics, and lice. Additionally, because pigs can become sunburned, dirt and dried-on mud can provide them with sun-protection.
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Curly: What did the pig say when he was sun-tanning in the Summer?
Porky: “I’m bacon out here!”
Priscilla Pig: “Wow, I never sausage heat!”
Harvey Hog: “I know - I’m almost bacon!”
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A man was walking down the street with a pig under his arm. Another man walking in the other direction asked him, “Where did you get that animal?” The pig replied, “I won him in a raffle!”
Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon, and ham. Leather, lard, and glue can also be made from pigs. And, of course, jars of pickled pigs feet are a standard interior decoration of many grocery stores.
Little Pig: Hey, there!
Big Pig: Hay, hey? Hay is for horses - aren’t you glad we’re pigs?! Grunt, grunt.
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Leopold: Where did the farmer take the pigs on Saturday afternoon?
Priscilla: He took them on a pignic.
Pigs have an excellent sense of smell. Pigs’ snouts are an important tool for finding food, for digging and poking around to uncover food hidden in the ground, and for sensing the world around them.
Could a small pig be called a ‘hamlet’?
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Piglets weigh about 1.1 kilograms (2.5 pounds) when they are born. Adult pigs can weigh on average 136 kilograms to 318 kilograms (300 to 700 pounds). In the United States of America, a pig must weigh more than 82 kilograms (180 pounds) to earn the name hog; however, in much of the rest of the world, 54 kilograms (120 pounds) is accepted.
Gail: Why do pigs eat so much?
Glen: So they can make hogs of themselves.
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“It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the Sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.” -E. B. White (Elwyn Brooks White (1899 - 1985)): “Charlotte’s Web” (15 October 1952)
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein (Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988)): “Time Enough for Love” (1973), ‘Prelude II’
I’m a Little Piggy
I’m a little piggy,
Short and stout,
With a little piggy tail,
And a little piggy snout!
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
Jacque: What did one pig say to the other pig?
Pierre: “Let’s be pen pals!”
Anablephobia is a persistent fear of looking up. Pigs do not have this problem, because it is physically impossible for them to do so, since their eyes are on the sides of their big fat heads, and their stocky necks do not allow them to bend their heads far enough. But that is fine for pigs, because most of their food is stuff that has fallen on the ground anyway, and it is not up in the sky.
If you push a pig down a hill, does he then become a sausage roll?
1 March of every year is National Pig Day.
Patty: Why did the three little pigs go play outside?
Patsy: Because their father was an awful boar.
Five Little Piggies
“It’s time for my piggies to go to bed.”
The great big mother piggy said.
“So I will count them first to see
If all my piggies came back to me.
One little piggy, two little piggies,
Three little piggies dear,
Four little piggies, five little piggies
Yes, they’re all here!”
By Author Unknown
If a pig loses its voice, is it ‘disgruntled’?
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Little Piggy: Where can we store our computer files?
Boss Hog: On sloppy disks.
Laverne: What game do hogs like to play?
Shirley: Pig-pong.
A mother pig was walking through a barnyard one day with one of her piglets. Suddenly, a raccoon raced out from behind the barn, giving the mother pig quite a scare, and the little hog laughed to see such sport, as the sow jumped over the coon.
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Pigment: Something given to a pig so that it will have fresh breath.
Shauna: What do you get when you put a pig behind the wheel?
Shane: A road hog.
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Ode To The Pig: His Tail
My tail is not impressive
But it’s elegant and neat.
In length it’s not excessive -
I can’t curl it ’round my feet -
But it’s awfully expressive,
And its weight is not excessive,
And I don’t think it’s conceit,
Or foolishly possessive
If I state with some aggressive-
ness that it’s
The final master touch
That makes a pig complete.
By Walter R. Brooks (Walter Rollin Brooks (1886 - 1958))
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Samantha: What wallows in the mud and carries colored eggs?
Samuel: The Easter Piggy!
Run to save your bacon! Pigs have four toes on each of their feet, but they walk on only two toes. Perhaps that is why pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. The fastest that an adult pig can run is 17.7 kilometers (11 miles) an hour for short distances.
Arabelle: What do you call a pig with three eyes?
Annabelle: A piiig.
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Rhoda: What do veterinarians put on sick pigs?
Ronda: Oinkment.
“You can carry a pig for six miles, but if you set it down, it might run away.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . and we’re going whole hog to what’s next . . .
I’m a little piggy,
Short and stout,
With a little piggy tail,
And a little piggy snout!
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
Jacque: What did one pig say to the other pig?
Pierre: “Let’s be pen pals!”
Anablephobia is a persistent fear of looking up. Pigs do not have this problem, because it is physically impossible for them to do so, since their eyes are on the sides of their big fat heads, and their stocky necks do not allow them to bend their heads far enough. But that is fine for pigs, because most of their food is stuff that has fallen on the ground anyway, and it is not up in the sky.
If you push a pig down a hill, does he then become a sausage roll?
1 March of every year is National Pig Day.
Patty: Why did the three little pigs go play outside?
Patsy: Because their father was an awful boar.
Five Little Piggies
“It’s time for my piggies to go to bed.”
The great big mother piggy said.
“So I will count them first to see
If all my piggies came back to me.
One little piggy, two little piggies,
Three little piggies dear,
Four little piggies, five little piggies
Yes, they’re all here!”
By Author Unknown
If a pig loses its voice, is it ‘disgruntled’?
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Little Piggy: Where can we store our computer files?
Boss Hog: On sloppy disks.
Laverne: What game do hogs like to play?
Shirley: Pig-pong.
A mother pig was walking through a barnyard one day with one of her piglets. Suddenly, a raccoon raced out from behind the barn, giving the mother pig quite a scare, and the little hog laughed to see such sport, as the sow jumped over the coon.
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Pigment: Something given to a pig so that it will have fresh breath.
Shauna: What do you get when you put a pig behind the wheel?
Shane: A road hog.
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Ode To The Pig: His Tail
My tail is not impressive
But it’s elegant and neat.
In length it’s not excessive -
I can’t curl it ’round my feet -
But it’s awfully expressive,
And its weight is not excessive,
And I don’t think it’s conceit,
Or foolishly possessive
If I state with some aggressive-
ness that it’s
The final master touch
That makes a pig complete.
By Walter R. Brooks (Walter Rollin Brooks (1886 - 1958))
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Samantha: What wallows in the mud and carries colored eggs?
Samuel: The Easter Piggy!
Run to save your bacon! Pigs have four toes on each of their feet, but they walk on only two toes. Perhaps that is why pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. The fastest that an adult pig can run is 17.7 kilometers (11 miles) an hour for short distances.
Arabelle: What do you call a pig with three eyes?
Annabelle: A piiig.
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Rhoda: What do veterinarians put on sick pigs?
Ronda: Oinkment.
“You can carry a pig for six miles, but if you set it down, it might run away.” -Author Unknown
We are MFOL! . . . and we’re going whole hog to what’s next . . .
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The Red Hen
She turned her head to this side;
She turned her head to that.
Looking round for tidbits,
Juicy ones and fat.
Scritchy-scratch went Red Hen’s feet;
Nib-nob went her bill.
She ate of juicy tidbits,
Until she had her fill.
And then she flew into a nest
And laid an egg, and then.
With a cut-cut-cut, ca-dah-cut,
Flew off to eat again.
By James S. Tippett
James Sterling Tippett was born on 7 September 1885 in Memphis, Missouri, United States of America. He became a teacher, professor, poet, and writer of children’s books. James Sterling Tippett passed on at 73 years of age in 1958 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United State of America.
She turned her head to this side;
She turned her head to that.
Looking round for tidbits,
Juicy ones and fat.
Scritchy-scratch went Red Hen’s feet;
Nib-nob went her bill.
She ate of juicy tidbits,
Until she had her fill.
And then she flew into a nest
And laid an egg, and then.
With a cut-cut-cut, ca-dah-cut,
Flew off to eat again.
By James S. Tippett
James Sterling Tippett was born on 7 September 1885 in Memphis, Missouri, United States of America. He became a teacher, professor, poet, and writer of children’s books. James Sterling Tippett passed on at 73 years of age in 1958 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United State of America.
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The Dogs Song
I see the Dogs,
The Dogs see me,
I like the Dogs,
The Dogs like me.
Big furry Dogs,
One, two, three,
I like the Dogs,
And the Dogs like me.
By Author Unknown
I see the Dogs,
The Dogs see me,
I like the Dogs,
The Dogs like me.
Big furry Dogs,
One, two, three,
I like the Dogs,
And the Dogs like me.
By Author Unknown
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Josephine: What do you get when you cross a rooster and a duck?
Josie: A bird that wakes you at the ‘quack’ of dawn.
The chicken is the most common species of bird on Earth. There are presently about two chickens for every one human in the world.
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Maggie: What has feathers and writes?
Margie: A ballpoint hen.
The morning wakeup call heard on farms is male chickens, or roosters, crowing, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” The female chicken is called a hen and she says, “Cluck, cluck, cluck!” The young chickens are called chicks and they say, “Cheep, cheep, cheep!”
“Chickens not only are capable of learning, they are also capable of teaching one another. It turns out that chickens are not as dumb as popular mythology makes them out to be.” -Tom Regan: “Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights” (2004), chapter 6, page 105
“The chicken probably came before the egg, because someone would have had to set on the egg.” -Author Unknown
Rose: Why do roosters never get rich?
Pearl: Because they work for chicken feed.
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Chickens Facts
- Chickens are domestic poultry, or birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, feathers, as live ornaments in elaborate gardens, or as pets.
- The plural of chicken is chickens.
- The sounds made by adult chickens are called clucking and cackling.
- An adult male chicken is called a rooster or a cock.
- The sound made by a rooster or a cock is called crowing.
- A young male chicken is called a cockerel.
- An adult female chicken is called a hen.
- A young female chicken is called a pullet.
- A young chicken, either male or female, is called a chick.
- A group of chickens is called a flock.
- A group of chicks hatched in the same setting time by a single hen is called a brood.
- The sound made by chicks is called cheeping or peeping.
Marvin: What signs would you find on the ‘In’ and ‘Out’ boxes on the desk of a poultry farmer?
Melvin: ‘Cock-A-Doodle-Do’ and ‘Cock-A-Doodle-Done.’
Margaret: What do you call a hen that counts eggs?
Rolland: A mathemachicken.
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“A chicken doesn’t stop scratching just because the worms are scarce.” -John Peers
Josie: A bird that wakes you at the ‘quack’ of dawn.
The chicken is the most common species of bird on Earth. There are presently about two chickens for every one human in the world.
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Maggie: What has feathers and writes?
Margie: A ballpoint hen.
The morning wakeup call heard on farms is male chickens, or roosters, crowing, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” The female chicken is called a hen and she says, “Cluck, cluck, cluck!” The young chickens are called chicks and they say, “Cheep, cheep, cheep!”
“Chickens not only are capable of learning, they are also capable of teaching one another. It turns out that chickens are not as dumb as popular mythology makes them out to be.” -Tom Regan: “Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights” (2004), chapter 6, page 105
“The chicken probably came before the egg, because someone would have had to set on the egg.” -Author Unknown
Rose: Why do roosters never get rich?
Pearl: Because they work for chicken feed.
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Chickens Facts
- Chickens are domestic poultry, or birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, feathers, as live ornaments in elaborate gardens, or as pets.
- The plural of chicken is chickens.
- The sounds made by adult chickens are called clucking and cackling.
- An adult male chicken is called a rooster or a cock.
- The sound made by a rooster or a cock is called crowing.
- A young male chicken is called a cockerel.
- An adult female chicken is called a hen.
- A young female chicken is called a pullet.
- A young chicken, either male or female, is called a chick.
- A group of chickens is called a flock.
- A group of chicks hatched in the same setting time by a single hen is called a brood.
- The sound made by chicks is called cheeping or peeping.
Marvin: What signs would you find on the ‘In’ and ‘Out’ boxes on the desk of a poultry farmer?
Melvin: ‘Cock-A-Doodle-Do’ and ‘Cock-A-Doodle-Done.’
Margaret: What do you call a hen that counts eggs?
Rolland: A mathemachicken.
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“A chicken doesn’t stop scratching just because the worms are scarce.” -John Peers
The Poultries
Let’s think of eggs.
They have no legs.
Chickens come from eggs,
But they have no legs.
The plot thickens;
Eggs come from chickens,
But have no legs under ‘em.
What a conundrum!
By Ogden Nash
Let’s think of eggs.
They have no legs.
Chickens come from eggs,
But they have no legs.
The plot thickens;
Eggs come from chickens,
But have no legs under ‘em.
What a conundrum!
By Ogden Nash
Marvin: How do you stop a rooster from crowing early in the morning?
Irving: Eat him the night before.
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Does a baby chicken, called a chick, breathe inside the egg, and if so, how? An eggshell may look solid, but it actually has about 8,000 pores that are large enough for oxygen to flow in and carbon dioxide to flow out. This was proven in 1863 when John Davy of Edinburgh, Scotland pumped pressurized air into an underwater egg and watched as thousands of tiny air bubbles appeared. The head of a chicken develops at the large end of the egg. About three days before hatching, the baby chick punctures the air cell at the base of the egg with its sharp egg tooth (a tiny, horn-shaped point on top of its beak) and breathes its first gulp of air, while still inside the egg. As soon as it can breathe, it can peep. Peeping and tapping can be heard from inside the egg as the chick chips a hole in the egg to make its way into the outside world.
Grace: What animals go, “Buzz-cluck, buzz-cluck”?
George: Electric chickens!
The Rooster
The farm is in a flurry.
The rooster caught the flu.
His cock-a-doodle-doo
Has changed to cock-a doodle-choo!
By Author Unknown
Eunice: What type of jokes do chickens like best?
Eustice: Corny ones!
A typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. If 12 eggs are in a dozen, how many eggs does a typical hen lay in a year?
Patrice: How does a chicken put together a meal?
Richard: It starts from scratch.
A hen produces one egg about every 34 hours. If you have a family of six and you want two eggs, bacon, hash-brown potatoes, and buttered toast with jam for breakfast every morning for each of you, how many hens would you need in your flock?
Alice: Why was the chicken sent to the principal’s office?
Alvin: For pecking on the other students.
Chickens can fly better than emus, kiwis, ostriches, and penguins combined. Yet, chickens cannot fly as well as most other species of birds because they have a heavy body weight in proportion to their wingspans. The world record for a nonstop chicken flight is a little more than 210 meters (690 feet) accomplished in 13 seconds. Chicken keepers sometimes clip the wing feathers of chickens to prevent them from flying over fences, which the chickens probably attempt to do because it is in their nature to try to get out to go cross the road . . .
Irving: Eat him the night before.
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Does a baby chicken, called a chick, breathe inside the egg, and if so, how? An eggshell may look solid, but it actually has about 8,000 pores that are large enough for oxygen to flow in and carbon dioxide to flow out. This was proven in 1863 when John Davy of Edinburgh, Scotland pumped pressurized air into an underwater egg and watched as thousands of tiny air bubbles appeared. The head of a chicken develops at the large end of the egg. About three days before hatching, the baby chick punctures the air cell at the base of the egg with its sharp egg tooth (a tiny, horn-shaped point on top of its beak) and breathes its first gulp of air, while still inside the egg. As soon as it can breathe, it can peep. Peeping and tapping can be heard from inside the egg as the chick chips a hole in the egg to make its way into the outside world.
Grace: What animals go, “Buzz-cluck, buzz-cluck”?
George: Electric chickens!
The Rooster
The farm is in a flurry.
The rooster caught the flu.
His cock-a-doodle-doo
Has changed to cock-a doodle-choo!
By Author Unknown
Eunice: What type of jokes do chickens like best?
Eustice: Corny ones!
A typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. If 12 eggs are in a dozen, how many eggs does a typical hen lay in a year?
Patrice: How does a chicken put together a meal?
Richard: It starts from scratch.
A hen produces one egg about every 34 hours. If you have a family of six and you want two eggs, bacon, hash-brown potatoes, and buttered toast with jam for breakfast every morning for each of you, how many hens would you need in your flock?
Alice: Why was the chicken sent to the principal’s office?
Alvin: For pecking on the other students.
Chickens can fly better than emus, kiwis, ostriches, and penguins combined. Yet, chickens cannot fly as well as most other species of birds because they have a heavy body weight in proportion to their wingspans. The world record for a nonstop chicken flight is a little more than 210 meters (690 feet) accomplished in 13 seconds. Chicken keepers sometimes clip the wing feathers of chickens to prevent them from flying over fences, which the chickens probably attempt to do because it is in their nature to try to get out to go cross the road . . .
The Chicken Family
Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
The mommy chicken, she is called a hen.
Cluck, cluck, cluck, and off she goes.
Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
See the daddy chicken, he is called a rooster.
Cock-a-doodle-doo and off he goes.
Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
See the baby chickens, they are called chicks.
Cheep, cheep, cheep, and off they go.
By Author Unknown
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Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
The mommy chicken, she is called a hen.
Cluck, cluck, cluck, and off she goes.
Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
See the daddy chicken, he is called a rooster.
Cock-a-doodle-doo and off he goes.
Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
See the chicken family all in a row.
See the baby chickens, they are called chicks.
Cheep, cheep, cheep, and off they go.
By Author Unknown
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Russell: Who tells the best chicken jokes?
Randall: Comedihens!
Three Hens
When three hens go a-walking, they
Observe this order and array:
The first hen walks in front, and then
Behind her walks the second hen,
While, move they slow or move they fast,
You find the third hen walking last.
By Henry Johnstone
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City Slicker: I would like to buy a chicken.
Farmer: Want a pullet?
City Slicker: Not really - I would rather carry it.
Before running out and getting chickens, first find out about local ordinances, or laws, which may stipulate if you can keep chickens or not, how many you can have, and any other restrictions. You may be able to keep chickens only if you heed certain rules; for example, you may not be able to have crowing roosters and cackling hens if there are noise ordinances, and you will want to learn how to keep chickens from being too loud before getting any of them. You may be able to give chickens the run of your property (free-range chickens) or you may be required to keep them in enclosures (coops and pens and runs).
Garth: Why do people go to chicken shows?
Jethro: For the hentertainment.
Chickens are the closest living relatives of the now-extinct yet still terrifying carnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur.
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Donald: What was the hen doing at the bank?
Ronald: Opening a chicken account.
As omnivores, or animals that eat plants and animals, chickens have a varied diet. They will eat just about anything, including beetles, worms, corn, oats, snails, slugs, seeds, fruit, vegetables, acorns, kitchen scraps, and many other foods. They also swallow tiny stones to help them digest their food. They have a well-developed gizzard, which is a part of the stomach containing the tiny stones that grind up their food.
Marla: Where do tough chickens come from?
Darla: Hard-boiled eggs.
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Chickens communicate with each other using calls, or vocalizations. Calls alert other chickens to specific items of interest. Chickens have one call used to let other chickens know a threat is in the sky, such as a hawk, a threat is on the ground, such as a snake, or yet another call to excitedly let other chickens know they have found food.
Lucky: Why does a chicken coop have only two doors?
Chance: Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
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“i have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same with the human race” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): “archy’s life of mehitabel, random thoughts by archy” (1933), using lower case letters and no punctuation, in the style of the fictional writer character he created
Henny: What sound does a chicken crossed with a cow make?
Penny: “Cock-a-doodle-moo-ooo!”
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Are there any wild chickens? Chickens were domesticated from wild junglefowl, mostly from the Red Junglefowl, with some domestic chickens also having Grey Junglefowl, Sri Lankan Junglefowl, and Javanese Green Junglefowl in their ancestry. Wild junglefowl are presently abundant and thriving, though at increasing risk of becoming less wild as they encounter feral and stray domestic chickens at the borders between their native habitats and human civilization.
Randall: Comedihens!
Three Hens
When three hens go a-walking, they
Observe this order and array:
The first hen walks in front, and then
Behind her walks the second hen,
While, move they slow or move they fast,
You find the third hen walking last.
By Henry Johnstone
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City Slicker: I would like to buy a chicken.
Farmer: Want a pullet?
City Slicker: Not really - I would rather carry it.
Before running out and getting chickens, first find out about local ordinances, or laws, which may stipulate if you can keep chickens or not, how many you can have, and any other restrictions. You may be able to keep chickens only if you heed certain rules; for example, you may not be able to have crowing roosters and cackling hens if there are noise ordinances, and you will want to learn how to keep chickens from being too loud before getting any of them. You may be able to give chickens the run of your property (free-range chickens) or you may be required to keep them in enclosures (coops and pens and runs).
Garth: Why do people go to chicken shows?
Jethro: For the hentertainment.
Chickens are the closest living relatives of the now-extinct yet still terrifying carnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur.
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Donald: What was the hen doing at the bank?
Ronald: Opening a chicken account.
As omnivores, or animals that eat plants and animals, chickens have a varied diet. They will eat just about anything, including beetles, worms, corn, oats, snails, slugs, seeds, fruit, vegetables, acorns, kitchen scraps, and many other foods. They also swallow tiny stones to help them digest their food. They have a well-developed gizzard, which is a part of the stomach containing the tiny stones that grind up their food.
Marla: Where do tough chickens come from?
Darla: Hard-boiled eggs.
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Chickens communicate with each other using calls, or vocalizations. Calls alert other chickens to specific items of interest. Chickens have one call used to let other chickens know a threat is in the sky, such as a hawk, a threat is on the ground, such as a snake, or yet another call to excitedly let other chickens know they have found food.
Lucky: Why does a chicken coop have only two doors?
Chance: Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
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“i have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same with the human race” -Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry ‘Don’ Marquis (1878 - 1937)): “archy’s life of mehitabel, random thoughts by archy” (1933), using lower case letters and no punctuation, in the style of the fictional writer character he created
Henny: What sound does a chicken crossed with a cow make?
Penny: “Cock-a-doodle-moo-ooo!”
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Are there any wild chickens? Chickens were domesticated from wild junglefowl, mostly from the Red Junglefowl, with some domestic chickens also having Grey Junglefowl, Sri Lankan Junglefowl, and Javanese Green Junglefowl in their ancestry. Wild junglefowl are presently abundant and thriving, though at increasing risk of becoming less wild as they encounter feral and stray domestic chickens at the borders between their native habitats and human civilization.
Classified advertisement seen in a rural newspaper: Will trade a rooster that crows at 4 o’clock for one that crows at 5 o’clock.
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Trevor: What animal makes the sound, “Cluck-bubble, cluck-bubble!”?
Veronica: A chicken of the sea.
‘Alektorophobia’ is a persistent fear of chickens. Chickens are small creatures, yet they can unleash a great amount of fierceness on anyone whom they suspect may be a threat to themselves, their young, or their eggs. Roosters have sharp pointed spurs on their legs designed specifically to inflict injury, and both hens and roosters come equipped with sharp beaks. This phobia makes good sense!
Annette: What book tells you all about chickens?
Nettie: A hencyclopedia.
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Gregory: What do you get when you cross a chicken with a Martian?
Olaf: An eggstraterrestrial!
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Trevor: What animal makes the sound, “Cluck-bubble, cluck-bubble!”?
Veronica: A chicken of the sea.
‘Alektorophobia’ is a persistent fear of chickens. Chickens are small creatures, yet they can unleash a great amount of fierceness on anyone whom they suspect may be a threat to themselves, their young, or their eggs. Roosters have sharp pointed spurs on their legs designed specifically to inflict injury, and both hens and roosters come equipped with sharp beaks. This phobia makes good sense!
Annette: What book tells you all about chickens?
Nettie: A hencyclopedia.
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Gregory: What do you get when you cross a chicken with a Martian?
Olaf: An eggstraterrestrial!
The Hen
The hen is a ferocious fowl,
She pecks you till she makes you howl.
And all the time she flaps her wings,
And says the most insulting things.
And when you try to take her eggs,
She bites pieces from your legs.
The only safe way to get these,
Is to creep on your hands and knees.
In the meanwhile a friend must hide,
And jump out on the other side.
And then you snatch the eggs and run,
While she pursues the other one.
The difficulty is to find
A trusty friend who will not mind.
By Alfred Douglas
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The hen is a ferocious fowl,
She pecks you till she makes you howl.
And all the time she flaps her wings,
And says the most insulting things.
And when you try to take her eggs,
She bites pieces from your legs.
The only safe way to get these,
Is to creep on your hands and knees.
In the meanwhile a friend must hide,
And jump out on the other side.
And then you snatch the eggs and run,
While she pursues the other one.
The difficulty is to find
A trusty friend who will not mind.
By Alfred Douglas
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Percival: How does the little red hen bake a cake?
Henrietta: From scratch!
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Chickens need a coop (chicken house) in which to lay their eggs in nest boxes and in which to roost (sleep) on narrow wood boards placed horizontally above the floor. A coop should keep them warm in Winter and shaded in Summer, and keep them safe from predators. Adjacent to the coop should be an open fenced-in area (pen or run) in which the chickens can be watered and fed during warm weather and in which they can get exercise and exposure to sunlight.
Gwyneth: What did the mother hen say to her baby chick?
Gwendolyn: “You’re eggstra special!”
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Chickens are versatile animals: they can be general-purpose chickens, egg producers (layers), dinner (fryers), insect controllers, pets, feather filling for pillows and mattresses, mother chickens (setting hens), show chickens (competition), and even alarm clock roosters. Which kind do you want?
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Chickens are scientifically classified as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia (animals).
- Phylum: Chordata (animals possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a tail for at least some period of their life cycle).
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with backbones).
- Class: Aves (Birds).
- Order: Galliformes.
- Family: Phasianidae.
- Genus: Gallus.
- Species: Gallus domesticus.
- Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus.
Lillian: Why was the chicken afraid of the chicken?
Starlet: Because it was chicken.
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Chickens have many predators, or animals that want to eat them or their eggs. Predators of chickens include skunks, owls, raccoons, foxes, hawks, opossums, bobcats, snakes, weasels, dogs, and humans. For this reason, chickens often need coops and pens for protection.
Lucy: Where are you likely to find the chicken in a grocery store?
Lucille: Standing in the eggspress line.
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Henrietta: From scratch!
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Chickens need a coop (chicken house) in which to lay their eggs in nest boxes and in which to roost (sleep) on narrow wood boards placed horizontally above the floor. A coop should keep them warm in Winter and shaded in Summer, and keep them safe from predators. Adjacent to the coop should be an open fenced-in area (pen or run) in which the chickens can be watered and fed during warm weather and in which they can get exercise and exposure to sunlight.
Gwyneth: What did the mother hen say to her baby chick?
Gwendolyn: “You’re eggstra special!”
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Chickens are versatile animals: they can be general-purpose chickens, egg producers (layers), dinner (fryers), insect controllers, pets, feather filling for pillows and mattresses, mother chickens (setting hens), show chickens (competition), and even alarm clock roosters. Which kind do you want?
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Chickens are scientifically classified as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia (animals).
- Phylum: Chordata (animals possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a tail for at least some period of their life cycle).
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with backbones).
- Class: Aves (Birds).
- Order: Galliformes.
- Family: Phasianidae.
- Genus: Gallus.
- Species: Gallus domesticus.
- Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus.
Lillian: Why was the chicken afraid of the chicken?
Starlet: Because it was chicken.
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Chickens have many predators, or animals that want to eat them or their eggs. Predators of chickens include skunks, owls, raccoons, foxes, hawks, opossums, bobcats, snakes, weasels, dogs, and humans. For this reason, chickens often need coops and pens for protection.
Lucy: Where are you likely to find the chicken in a grocery store?
Lucille: Standing in the eggspress line.
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The Chickens
Said the first little chicken,
With a queer little squirm,
“I wish I could find
A fat little worm!”
Said the next little chicken,
With an odd little shrug,
“I wish I could find
A fat little bug!”
Said the third little chicken,
With a small sigh of grief:
“I wish I could find
A green little leaf!”
Said the fourth little chicken,
With a faint little moan:
“I wish I could find
A wee gravel stone!”
“Now see here!” said the mother,
From the green garden patch,
“If you want any breakfast,
Just come here and scratch!”
By Author Unknown
Said the first little chicken,
With a queer little squirm,
“I wish I could find
A fat little worm!”
Said the next little chicken,
With an odd little shrug,
“I wish I could find
A fat little bug!”
Said the third little chicken,
With a small sigh of grief:
“I wish I could find
A green little leaf!”
Said the fourth little chicken,
With a faint little moan:
“I wish I could find
A wee gravel stone!”
“Now see here!” said the mother,
From the green garden patch,
“If you want any breakfast,
Just come here and scratch!”
By Author Unknown
Patricia: If a rooster laid an egg at noon on the pointed roof of a barn located precisely on the Earth’s equator, which way would the egg roll?
Priscilla: Neither way, because roosters do not lay eggs - hens do, you silly goose!
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to “The Bible” (New King James Version), ‘Book of Genesis,’ chapter 1, verses 20 through 22, the chicken came before the egg: “Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’ So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’”
Percy: What kind of eggs does a mixed-up hen lay?
Percival: Scrambled!
Chicken feed: A poultry sum.
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“I didn’t even know that chickens could fly, and suddenly one was landing on me. It happened when I was visiting a farm sanctuary. If I had been younger I would have asked my parents if I could take her home, please! After all, she chose me. Never mind that she chose everybody; she was a particularly friendly chicken. She made soft, strange cooing sounds and nestled into my arms like a happy kitten.” -Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: “The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals” (2004), chapter 2, page 57
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We are MFOL! . . . time to gather the eggs . . . cluck-cluck-cluck!
Priscilla: Neither way, because roosters do not lay eggs - hens do, you silly goose!
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to “The Bible” (New King James Version), ‘Book of Genesis,’ chapter 1, verses 20 through 22, the chicken came before the egg: “Then God said, ‘Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.’ So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’”
Percy: What kind of eggs does a mixed-up hen lay?
Percival: Scrambled!
Chicken feed: A poultry sum.
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“I didn’t even know that chickens could fly, and suddenly one was landing on me. It happened when I was visiting a farm sanctuary. If I had been younger I would have asked my parents if I could take her home, please! After all, she chose me. Never mind that she chose everybody; she was a particularly friendly chicken. She made soft, strange cooing sounds and nestled into my arms like a happy kitten.” -Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: “The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals” (2004), chapter 2, page 57
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The Three Little Kittens
The three little kittens, they lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
“Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear,
That we have lost our mittens.”
“What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.”
“Meow, meow, meow.”
“Then you shall have no pie.”
The three little kittens, they found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
“Oh, mother dear, see here, see here,
For we have found our mittens.”
“Put on your mittens, you silly kittens,
And you shall have some pie.”
“Purr, purr, purr,
Oh, let us have some pie.”
The three little kittens put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie,
“Oh, mother dear, we greatly fear,
That we have soiled our mittens.”
“What, soiled your mittens, you naughty kittens!”
Then they began to sigh,
“Meow, meow, meow,”
Then they began to sigh.
The three little kittens, they washed their mittens,
And hung them out to dry,
“Oh, mother dear, do you not hear,
That we have washed our mittens?”
“What, washed your mittens, then you’re good kittens,
But I smell a rat close by.”
“Meow, meow, meow,
We smell a rat close by.”
By Eliza Lee Follen: “Little Songs for Little Boys and Girls” (1833)
Eliza Lee Follen was born as Eliza Lee Cabot on 15 August 1787 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a writer and a Sunday school teacher. Eliza Lee Follen passed on at 72 years of age on 26 January 1860 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
The three little kittens, they lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
“Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear,
That we have lost our mittens.”
“What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.”
“Meow, meow, meow.”
“Then you shall have no pie.”
The three little kittens, they found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
“Oh, mother dear, see here, see here,
For we have found our mittens.”
“Put on your mittens, you silly kittens,
And you shall have some pie.”
“Purr, purr, purr,
Oh, let us have some pie.”
The three little kittens put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie,
“Oh, mother dear, we greatly fear,
That we have soiled our mittens.”
“What, soiled your mittens, you naughty kittens!”
Then they began to sigh,
“Meow, meow, meow,”
Then they began to sigh.
The three little kittens, they washed their mittens,
And hung them out to dry,
“Oh, mother dear, do you not hear,
That we have washed our mittens?”
“What, washed your mittens, then you’re good kittens,
But I smell a rat close by.”
“Meow, meow, meow,
We smell a rat close by.”
By Eliza Lee Follen: “Little Songs for Little Boys and Girls” (1833)
Eliza Lee Follen was born as Eliza Lee Cabot on 15 August 1787 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. She became a writer and a Sunday school teacher. Eliza Lee Follen passed on at 72 years of age on 26 January 1860 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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A Burrowing Owl Also Known As A Ground Owl
Each evening, bird enthusiast Dave stood in his backyard, hooting like an owl. One night, an owl finally called back to him. For a year, the man and his feathered friend hooted back and forth. He even kept a log of their ‘conversations.’ Just as he thought he was on the verge of a breakthrough in interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with her next-door neighbor. “My husband spends his nights calling out to owls,” she said. “That’s odd,” her neighbor replied. “So does my husband!”
Mr. Owl
I saw an owl up in a tree,
I looked at him, he looked at me;
I couldn’t tell you of his size,
For all I saw were two big eyes;
As soon as I could, I made a dash,
Straight home I ran, quick as a flash!
By Edna Hamilton
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Owls are feathered birds from the order Strigiformes. Owls are divided into two families: the true owls or typical owls, which are scientifically named Strigidae; and the barn-owls, which are scientifically named Tytonidae. At present, there are 198 different species of owls confirmed to be living on Earth. However, there are possibly more than 250 species, as wildlife biologists and other scientists try to work out an accurate definition of the word ‘species’ and as they continue to study owls around the world.
Vance: What does an owl need after a bath?
Vincente: A t-owl.
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“My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it’s a combination of being wise and having big eyes.” -Romy Madley Croft
Olaf: What do you get if you cross a cat and an owl?
Philo: Meowls.
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“An owl is mostly air.” -Ursula K. Le Guin (Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born 1929))
Mr. Owl
I saw an owl up in a tree,
I looked at him, he looked at me;
I couldn’t tell you of his size,
For all I saw were two big eyes;
As soon as I could, I made a dash,
Straight home I ran, quick as a flash!
By Edna Hamilton
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Owls are feathered birds from the order Strigiformes. Owls are divided into two families: the true owls or typical owls, which are scientifically named Strigidae; and the barn-owls, which are scientifically named Tytonidae. At present, there are 198 different species of owls confirmed to be living on Earth. However, there are possibly more than 250 species, as wildlife biologists and other scientists try to work out an accurate definition of the word ‘species’ and as they continue to study owls around the world.
Vance: What does an owl need after a bath?
Vincente: A t-owl.
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“My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it’s a combination of being wise and having big eyes.” -Romy Madley Croft
Olaf: What do you get if you cross a cat and an owl?
Philo: Meowls.
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“An owl is mostly air.” -Ursula K. Le Guin (Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born 1929))
Australian Tawny Frogmouth Owls
Wise owls want us all to know that we do not need to be worried, fearful, or anxious . . . because everything will be owl-right . . .
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Owls Facts
- Owls are birds that have large eyes, flat faces, and curved beaks.
- An adult male owl is called a cock or simply an owl.
- An adult female owl is called a hen.
- A young owl is called an owlet, a chick, or a fledgling.
- The plural of owl is owls.
- A group of owls is called a family, a parliament, a stare, or a wisdom.
- The sounds made by owls are called barks, growls, hisses, hoots, rattles, screams, screeches, shrieks, wails, and whistles.
- Many owls are nocturnal, meaning that they are most active at night.
- Some owls, including Barred Owls, are diurnal, or active in the daytime.
- Owls are found everywhere on Earth except for Antarctica, Greenland, and a small number of islands in extremely cold areas.
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can’t we all be like that bird?
By Edward H. Richards (Edward Hersey Richards (1874 - 1957))
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Owls are birds that typically have an upright stance, large heads with large eyes and curved beaks, binocular vision, asymmetrical ears with binaural hearing, sharp talons resembling claws on their feet, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
I know very well what I’d rather be
If I didn’t always have to be me!
I’d rather be an owl,
A downy feathered owl,
A wink-ity, blink-ity, yellow-eyed owl
In a hole in a hollow tree.
-Mary Hunter Austin (1868 - 1934): “Rathers”
Owls are small birds that do not fear nighttime or darkness, and they are actually quite comfortable in it. May this knowledge give you courage in the absence of light.
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Oswald: What do you call an owl with a deep voice?
Waldo: A growl.
Owls have circles of radiating feathers surrounding their eyes, giving them a very alert look.
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Emma: What does a well-educated owl say?
Emmet: “Whom, whom.”
Night owl: A person who is active at night. For example, some bakers are night owls; they stay awake all night baking bread, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and other foods so they can deliver freshly baked goods to customers each morning.
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Owls have large eyes that face forward, while most other birds have eyes on the sides of their heads. This eye arrangement results in binocular vision with precise depth perception. Their eyeballs are tubular in shape, and because of this, owls cannot move their eyes from side to side, so instead, they turn their heads, as much as 270 degrees (135 degrees to either side), to follow moving objects. Owls are far-sighted, meaning that they cannot clearly see objects that are close to their eyes, but that is fine, because what owls mostly focus on are small animals that are at a far distance, often well below them on the ground, mostly at night, and their eyes allow them to see such objects quite clearly.
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Owls Facts
- Owls are birds that have large eyes, flat faces, and curved beaks.
- An adult male owl is called a cock or simply an owl.
- An adult female owl is called a hen.
- A young owl is called an owlet, a chick, or a fledgling.
- The plural of owl is owls.
- A group of owls is called a family, a parliament, a stare, or a wisdom.
- The sounds made by owls are called barks, growls, hisses, hoots, rattles, screams, screeches, shrieks, wails, and whistles.
- Many owls are nocturnal, meaning that they are most active at night.
- Some owls, including Barred Owls, are diurnal, or active in the daytime.
- Owls are found everywhere on Earth except for Antarctica, Greenland, and a small number of islands in extremely cold areas.
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard:
Why can’t we all be like that bird?
By Edward H. Richards (Edward Hersey Richards (1874 - 1957))
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Owls are birds that typically have an upright stance, large heads with large eyes and curved beaks, binocular vision, asymmetrical ears with binaural hearing, sharp talons resembling claws on their feet, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
I know very well what I’d rather be
If I didn’t always have to be me!
I’d rather be an owl,
A downy feathered owl,
A wink-ity, blink-ity, yellow-eyed owl
In a hole in a hollow tree.
-Mary Hunter Austin (1868 - 1934): “Rathers”
Owls are small birds that do not fear nighttime or darkness, and they are actually quite comfortable in it. May this knowledge give you courage in the absence of light.
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Oswald: What do you call an owl with a deep voice?
Waldo: A growl.
Owls have circles of radiating feathers surrounding their eyes, giving them a very alert look.
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Emma: What does a well-educated owl say?
Emmet: “Whom, whom.”
Night owl: A person who is active at night. For example, some bakers are night owls; they stay awake all night baking bread, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and other foods so they can deliver freshly baked goods to customers each morning.
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Owls have large eyes that face forward, while most other birds have eyes on the sides of their heads. This eye arrangement results in binocular vision with precise depth perception. Their eyeballs are tubular in shape, and because of this, owls cannot move their eyes from side to side, so instead, they turn their heads, as much as 270 degrees (135 degrees to either side), to follow moving objects. Owls are far-sighted, meaning that they cannot clearly see objects that are close to their eyes, but that is fine, because what owls mostly focus on are small animals that are at a far distance, often well below them on the ground, mostly at night, and their eyes allow them to see such objects quite clearly.
Owls are found in all areas of the Earth except Antarctica and some inhospitably cold, desolate islands. Owls inhabit, or make their homes in, a variety of ecological niches around the world, from rain forests to tundra to deserts, and from grasslands to urban areas. Most owls do not build their own nests, but instead, use the abandoned nests and burrows of other animals, or they nest in crevices in rocks. Barn owls often live near humans so they can nest in buildings.
“If you hear an owl hoot, ‘To whom,’ instead of, ‘To who,’ you can be sure he was born and educated in Boston.” -Author Unknown
An owl was perched in a tree,
Quiet, yet as wise as could be;
His eyes shining bright,
In the soft moonlight,
He was really a sight to see.
-Author Unknown
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Gil: What is an owl’s favorite kind of math?
Bert: Owlgebra.
Owls see mostly in black and white, although they can see the color blue, and in fact, they are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Roger: Why can an owl not be an electrician?
Gregory: Because an owl is a bird.
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Owls have the most highly developed sense of hearing of all birds. Their binaural hearing allows them to know precisely the direction and origin of sounds, such as the nearly imperceptible rustling sounds of grass or leaves that reveal a mouse’s movements and location.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Owls say.
Owls say, who?
Yes, they do!
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“If you hear an owl hoot, ‘To whom,’ instead of, ‘To who,’ you can be sure he was born and educated in Boston.” -Author Unknown
An owl was perched in a tree,
Quiet, yet as wise as could be;
His eyes shining bright,
In the soft moonlight,
He was really a sight to see.
-Author Unknown
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Gil: What is an owl’s favorite kind of math?
Bert: Owlgebra.
Owls see mostly in black and white, although they can see the color blue, and in fact, they are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Roger: Why can an owl not be an electrician?
Gregory: Because an owl is a bird.
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Owls have the most highly developed sense of hearing of all birds. Their binaural hearing allows them to know precisely the direction and origin of sounds, such as the nearly imperceptible rustling sounds of grass or leaves that reveal a mouse’s movements and location.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Owls say.
Owls say, who?
Yes, they do!
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A Burrowing Owl Also Known As A Ground Owl
Owls have varied ways of living. Many owls are nocturnal, or active at night. Some owls are diurnal, or active in the daytime, including the Northern Hawk-Owl. Some owls are solitary, and some are gregarious, like the Burrowing Owl. Burrowing owls, also known as ground owls, are different from other owls because they tend to be diurnal, or active during the daytime, rather than being nocturnal, or active at night. While many owls live in the abandoned homes of other animals or that occur naturally, burrowing owls live in burrows that they themselves dig in the ground.
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Owls are quieter than a whisper in flight. In fact, owls are quieter in flight than any other birds of prey. Their specialized feathers help them be silent flyers.
Maggie: What do you call an owl escapologist?
Reggie: A real Hoodini.
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The color of owls’ feathers helps them blend into their environment, or surroundings. This type of concealing color pattern is called ‘camouflage.’
Al: What do you get when you cross a thousand screech owls with a thousand roosters?
Fred: A really big headache first thing in the morning!
Common Owls
- Barn owls
- Hoot owls
- Owl be right back.
- Owl see you in a while.
- Screech owls
- Spotted owls
- Tufted owls
- Woodsy Owl
Can you think of other common owls?
Woodsy Owl says, “Give a hoot - don’t pollute!”
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Owls have strong gripping talons, or curved claws, on their toes. On each of their feet, they have two toes facing forward and two toes facing backward, giving them the ability to swoop down from above, catch small animals, and fly away with them.
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Owls are quieter than a whisper in flight. In fact, owls are quieter in flight than any other birds of prey. Their specialized feathers help them be silent flyers.
Maggie: What do you call an owl escapologist?
Reggie: A real Hoodini.
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The color of owls’ feathers helps them blend into their environment, or surroundings. This type of concealing color pattern is called ‘camouflage.’
Al: What do you get when you cross a thousand screech owls with a thousand roosters?
Fred: A really big headache first thing in the morning!
Common Owls
- Barn owls
- Hoot owls
- Owl be right back.
- Owl see you in a while.
- Screech owls
- Spotted owls
- Tufted owls
- Woodsy Owl
Can you think of other common owls?
Woodsy Owl says, “Give a hoot - don’t pollute!”
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Owls have strong gripping talons, or curved claws, on their toes. On each of their feet, they have two toes facing forward and two toes facing backward, giving them the ability to swoop down from above, catch small animals, and fly away with them.
These owls hold the post of Guardians of the Woods.
Who?! Who?!
Inquiring owls will want to know
Who you are, and your intentions
If ever into their home woods you
Would dare to glance or to venture.
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
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Elma: Why was the owl dressed in shining armor?
Elmer: He was a knight owl.
“Smallest of the British owls, the Little Owl is only 22 cm from head to tail, which is less than a centimetre larger than a Starling . . . Although Little Owls may be seen during the day, most of their hunting takes place at dusk or the few hours after dark and again around dawn. They will catch small mammals and sometimes birds, but most of their food is insects and earthworms.” -Bill Oddie and Peter Holden: “Birds in the Nest” (1996)
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Imagine yourself as an owl. You are perched on a tree branch, waiting for your next meal. Far below you, along it comes, a small fury mouse, making its way through the grass in search of seeds. You launch yourself silently into the air, and swoop down toward your prey, glide around in a curve that takes you right behind it, and you snatch the unsuspecting mouse in your talons, and then, with the mouse in your grasp, you flap your wings and make your way back up into your tree.
Judy: Somebody said you sound like an owl.
Judith: Who, who?
A picture of an owl was used to represent the sound of the letter ‘m’ in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, or pictorial writings, which was their version of what we now call the alphabet.
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“The owl, that bird of onomatopoetic name, is a repetitious question wrapped in feathery insulation especially for Winter delivery.” -Hal Borland (Harold Glen ‘Hal’ Borland (1900 - 1978))
Owls are birds of prey. They are carnivores, or animals that eat animals. Owls that are nocturnal, hunt their prey, or animals that they intend to eat, at night. They have a keen sense of sight that allows them to find prey in the dark. They have an acute sense of hearing, which also helps in finding food. Owls are stealth hunters; their feather colors blend in with their surroundings, and they can easily sneak up on their prey, because their fluffy feathers give them almost silent flight. Owls hunt and eat birds, crabs, earthworms, fish, frogs, insects, mice, reptiles, shrews, snails, snakes, spiders, toads, voles, and other small animals. Great horned owls are the only animals that eat skunks.
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Pamela: What does the cybernetic owl from the future say?
Amelia: “Owl be back!”
How now, screech owl?
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Fern: Why did the owl sit in the tree not saying anything?
Fran: Because she didn’t give a hoot.
Owls hoot in B flat.
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“There are day owls, and there are night owls, and each is beautiful and even musical while about its business.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Who?! Who?!
Inquiring owls will want to know
Who you are, and your intentions
If ever into their home woods you
Would dare to glance or to venture.
By David Hugh Beaumont (Born 1966)
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Elma: Why was the owl dressed in shining armor?
Elmer: He was a knight owl.
“Smallest of the British owls, the Little Owl is only 22 cm from head to tail, which is less than a centimetre larger than a Starling . . . Although Little Owls may be seen during the day, most of their hunting takes place at dusk or the few hours after dark and again around dawn. They will catch small mammals and sometimes birds, but most of their food is insects and earthworms.” -Bill Oddie and Peter Holden: “Birds in the Nest” (1996)
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Imagine yourself as an owl. You are perched on a tree branch, waiting for your next meal. Far below you, along it comes, a small fury mouse, making its way through the grass in search of seeds. You launch yourself silently into the air, and swoop down toward your prey, glide around in a curve that takes you right behind it, and you snatch the unsuspecting mouse in your talons, and then, with the mouse in your grasp, you flap your wings and make your way back up into your tree.
Judy: Somebody said you sound like an owl.
Judith: Who, who?
A picture of an owl was used to represent the sound of the letter ‘m’ in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, or pictorial writings, which was their version of what we now call the alphabet.
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“The owl, that bird of onomatopoetic name, is a repetitious question wrapped in feathery insulation especially for Winter delivery.” -Hal Borland (Harold Glen ‘Hal’ Borland (1900 - 1978))
Owls are birds of prey. They are carnivores, or animals that eat animals. Owls that are nocturnal, hunt their prey, or animals that they intend to eat, at night. They have a keen sense of sight that allows them to find prey in the dark. They have an acute sense of hearing, which also helps in finding food. Owls are stealth hunters; their feather colors blend in with their surroundings, and they can easily sneak up on their prey, because their fluffy feathers give them almost silent flight. Owls hunt and eat birds, crabs, earthworms, fish, frogs, insects, mice, reptiles, shrews, snails, snakes, spiders, toads, voles, and other small animals. Great horned owls are the only animals that eat skunks.
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Pamela: What does the cybernetic owl from the future say?
Amelia: “Owl be back!”
How now, screech owl?
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Fern: Why did the owl sit in the tree not saying anything?
Fran: Because she didn’t give a hoot.
Owls hoot in B flat.
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“There are day owls, and there are night owls, and each is beautiful and even musical while about its business.” -Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Though often unseen and unheard by humans, stealthy owls rule the night sky over their territories. Owls stake their claims to their territories through vocalizations, or calls, that vary by owl species, and can include whistles, rattles, barks, screeches, hisses, shrieks, growls, wails, screams, and kee-wicks. Some, but not, all owls hoot.
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Who.
Who, who?
Did you hear an owl just now?
“Owls are not like other birds. I suppose one could say this about any avian tribe, but owls are particularly unlike, with layered dimensions of dissimilarity.” -Lyanda Lynn Haupt: “Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds” (2001), Chapter 2
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The predators of owls include wildcats, foxes, raccoons, and eagles. Predators are animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals.
Where did Barn Owls live before there were barns?
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How big are owls? Owls vary in size. The smallest owls are the Elf Owls, which are about 16 centimeters (6.1 inches) long, have a wingspan of 38 centimeters (15 inches), and weigh about 4 grams (1.5 ounces). Great Gray Owls are about 84 centimeters (33 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,450 grams (3 pounds). Eurasian Eagle Owls, which are about 71 centimeters (28 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 160 centimeters (5.2 feet), and weigh up to 4,200 grams (9.8 pounds), and the Great Horned Owls, which are about 63 centimeters (25 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,800 grams (4 pounds).
Owl 1: Knock, knock!
Owl 2: Who’s there?
Owl 1: Whoo.
Owl 2: Whoo, who?
Owl 1: Whoo!
Owl 2: Whoo, who?
Owl 1: Whoo!
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Who.
Who, who?
Did you hear an owl just now?
“Owls are not like other birds. I suppose one could say this about any avian tribe, but owls are particularly unlike, with layered dimensions of dissimilarity.” -Lyanda Lynn Haupt: “Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds” (2001), Chapter 2
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The predators of owls include wildcats, foxes, raccoons, and eagles. Predators are animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals.
Where did Barn Owls live before there were barns?
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How big are owls? Owls vary in size. The smallest owls are the Elf Owls, which are about 16 centimeters (6.1 inches) long, have a wingspan of 38 centimeters (15 inches), and weigh about 4 grams (1.5 ounces). Great Gray Owls are about 84 centimeters (33 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,450 grams (3 pounds). Eurasian Eagle Owls, which are about 71 centimeters (28 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 160 centimeters (5.2 feet), and weigh up to 4,200 grams (9.8 pounds), and the Great Horned Owls, which are about 63 centimeters (25 inches) long, have a wingspan of about 152 centimeters (5 feet), and weigh about 1,800 grams (4 pounds).
Owl 1: Knock, knock!
Owl 2: Who’s there?
Owl 1: Whoo.
Owl 2: Whoo, who?
Owl 1: Whoo!
Owl 2: Whoo, who?
Owl 1: Whoo!
Hootie: Why did the owl invite his friends over to his tree?
Owlsy: He didn’t want to be owl by himself.
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Owls have been found in fossils of about 58 million years of age. The largest recorded owl fossil, belonging to the species scientifically named Orinmegalonyx oteroi, stood about three feet tall.
Kenneth: What do owls like to do for fun?
Maribelle: Maybe they perch in places from which they have a good view and practice hooting.
Mr. Owl
Said Mr. Owl,
Sitting in a tree,
“How would you like
To be like me?
I sleep all day
In the bright sunlight,
And look for my dinner
In the middle of the night!”
By Author Unknown
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“Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?” -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Polite Conversation” (about 1738), Dialogue I
Polly: What do you get when you cross an owl with an oyster?
Anna: Pearls of wisdom.
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The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry,
Portends strange things, old women say;
Stops every fool that passes by,
And frights the school-boy from his play.
-Mary Wortley Montagu (born Mary Pierrepont (1689 - 1762)): “The Politicians,” Stanza 4
“If you have never seen an owl fly at night you have not yet seen the triumph of the wing. The owl is the artist, the poet of flight, as the nightingale is of song.” -Rev. James H. Ecob: “Our Fellow Citizens, the Sparrows” (1895)
Barn owls and other species of owls are helpful to farmers because a single owl can eat as many as 1,000 mice in a year. Mice are undesirable to farmers because they eat farm crops and spoil stored foods.
There was an old man of Dumbree,
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, “To eat mice
Is not proper or nice,”
That amiable man of Dumbree.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
In Canada, the Great Horned Owl is the province bird of Alberta, the Great Grey Owl is the province bird of Manitoba, and the Snowy Owl is the province bird of Quebec. The birds have been appointed to these official positions, which carry the important responsibility of helping to reduce the pest and rodent populations in the provinces.
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“The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
The Owl In The Tree
I saw an owl,
He sat in a tree.
He opened one eye,
He winked at me.
By Author Unknown
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Owlsy: He didn’t want to be owl by himself.
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Owls have been found in fossils of about 58 million years of age. The largest recorded owl fossil, belonging to the species scientifically named Orinmegalonyx oteroi, stood about three feet tall.
Kenneth: What do owls like to do for fun?
Maribelle: Maybe they perch in places from which they have a good view and practice hooting.
Mr. Owl
Said Mr. Owl,
Sitting in a tree,
“How would you like
To be like me?
I sleep all day
In the bright sunlight,
And look for my dinner
In the middle of the night!”
By Author Unknown
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“Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?” -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745): “Polite Conversation” (about 1738), Dialogue I
Polly: What do you get when you cross an owl with an oyster?
Anna: Pearls of wisdom.
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The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry,
Portends strange things, old women say;
Stops every fool that passes by,
And frights the school-boy from his play.
-Mary Wortley Montagu (born Mary Pierrepont (1689 - 1762)): “The Politicians,” Stanza 4
“If you have never seen an owl fly at night you have not yet seen the triumph of the wing. The owl is the artist, the poet of flight, as the nightingale is of song.” -Rev. James H. Ecob: “Our Fellow Citizens, the Sparrows” (1895)
Barn owls and other species of owls are helpful to farmers because a single owl can eat as many as 1,000 mice in a year. Mice are undesirable to farmers because they eat farm crops and spoil stored foods.
There was an old man of Dumbree,
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, “To eat mice
Is not proper or nice,”
That amiable man of Dumbree.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
In Canada, the Great Horned Owl is the province bird of Alberta, the Great Grey Owl is the province bird of Manitoba, and the Snowy Owl is the province bird of Quebec. The birds have been appointed to these official positions, which carry the important responsibility of helping to reduce the pest and rodent populations in the provinces.
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“The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))
The Owl In The Tree
I saw an owl,
He sat in a tree.
He opened one eye,
He winked at me.
By Author Unknown
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Owl jokes are a real hoot, so we will add more as time goes by, for you and all of your owl friends. Further humor, inspiration, and learning follows . . . on MFOL!
