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Apparently today is "Rook Sunday",

Vanessa from Corvidaid wrote this about it in today's Telegraph...

"rooks were particularly unfortunate and put into pies on Rook Sunday (the nearest Sunday to May 13), which coincided with the time that the baby rooks left their nests. The pies, which were gruesomely decorated with rooks' feet, have disappeared, but the rook has few fans"

I found this in The Telegraph from Adrian Dangar, 3 March 2003

"At this time of year - some even pinpoint May 13 as being the optimum date - young rooks are clambering out on to swaying branches for the first time."

"The unlucky branchies, as young rooks are sometimes labelled, are often collected to form the main ingredient of rook pie, a country dish that has been around for centuries and even merited a mention in Dickens's Pickwick Papers."

Euch....! 

Euch.....!

Euch, euch, euch, euch euch..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People really are disgusting sometimes, there's no other word for it!

merlin