1 gen 1486 anni - nightingale

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A name given to cows, probably an ironic nickname. 1486 <i>ij kye called Nightigale and Luffley</i>, Felixkirk (YAJ22/203); 1547 <i>to John Morton one cowe called Nyghtingegaile with one quie crumble headed</i>, Great Preston (Th19/184); 1557 <i>two kye the one called whytehorne and the other nyghtgaill</i>, Methley (Th27/112). The bird is famous for its song, like the throstle, and both have been used as names for animals. John Gower (?1330-1408) linked ‘The Throstle with the nyhtingale’ in1390.

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