birds

[RobertH123]

q1,who laid an egg on the winda sole
q2,which waltz
q3,who would we find in the straw
q4,who sat on the wa how many
q5 who came tae oor ha door
q6 who followed the ship her true love was in
q7 who chants on the banks o doon
q8 what drums in the spring

[moonshadow]

2) Cuckoo

[moonshadow]

5) Warbler

[quinie]

7 warbler?

[quinie]

4 Three craws or crows

[daftgrandad]

q6 Blackbird

[lslowry]

q8 snipe

[quinie]

3 chaffinch?

[lslowry]

q7 stonechat

[lslowry]

q3 wheatear

[quinie]

Islowry's answer to 3 is the right one. Didn't think of that one.

[Lie-in King]

Not quite sure what to make of this, but -

http://books.google.c...nda%20sole%22&f=false

[lslowry]

I can't make anything out of it LIK, it's very hard going!

[Lie-in King]

Would the answer be "(Wee) Jokey-Birdy" ?

... I need another drink & some grub, methinks!

[quinie]

I've never heard of a jokey birdie. Trying to work out what it could be. Jaikie is a jackdaw but it's not wee.

[lslowry]

bit of a puzzler isn't it Quinie, think i'll withdraw

[quinie]

jokie is scots for jocular or jovial so I've been thinking what would fit - lark, wag(tail)-can't imagine a lark sitting on a window-sill!! I give up on this one.

[quinie]

Must have been having one of my senior moments yesterday. Of course LIK is correct with Jokey-Birdy. -a fiction bird! or possibly a local name for a particular bird.

[SBC51]

Q3 turkey - turkey in the straw is Scottish tune

[SBC51]

q6 blackbird - I'm doing same quiz!

[SBC51]

q1 wee chookie burdie ( Glasgow street song )