I just thought I'd post this here. Blime O'Riley (whatever that means) but is there another animal/bird that has that many collective names?
Swans, a ballet of
Swans, a bank of
Swans, a bevy of
Swans, a drift of
Swans, a eyrar of
Swans, a fanfare of
Swans, a flight of
Swans, a flock of
Swans, a game of
Swans, a herd of
Swans, a lamentation of
Swans, a mark of
Swans, a regatta of
Swans, a royal of
Swans, a school of
Swans, a sounder of
Swans, a squadron of
Swans, a swannery of
Swans, a tank of
Swans, a team of
Swans, a tranquility of
Swans, a “V” formation of
Swans, a wedge of
Swans, a whiteness of
Swans, a whiting of
Swans (trumpeter), a fanfare of
Macjoyce | January 10, 2009 - 01:01
I like "a wedge of swans" the best.
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tom_saunders | January 10, 2009 - 14:54
A vesta of swans.
2Lou | January 10, 2009 - 15:24
I can't keep this door open, could someone pass me a...
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Macjoyce | January 10, 2009 - 15:32
Pass you a what? A swan? A regatta of swans?
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2Lou | January 10, 2009 - 16:28
A wedge of swans - regularly used for doorstops in royal households and anything designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
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chuck | January 10, 2009 - 16:37
Usually installed by the Royal Wedger I believe.
mykle | January 10, 2009 - 19:25
I seem to remember Ely called them an attack of swans :O)
2Lou | January 10, 2009 - 19:29
"Usually installed by the Royal Wedger"
That's true, although it's a dying art – along with ceremonial Swan Trumpeting.
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chuck | January 10, 2009 - 19:46
So many of the old ways are dying out. They still up them I hope.
tcook | January 13, 2009 - 16:44
How about a 'roast of'? Oops, it's only the Queen and some dodgy Cambridge college that can do that.
Time for the poacher's hat to come to good use.