AN ODD BIRD
RECALLS NURSERY RHYME An odd bird known as a swoose has been hatched on a farm in Central Hawke’s Bay. A swoose, it should be explained, is a cross between a swan and a goose, a most unusual happening. “ Sweese ”if such is the plural are almost invariably sterile and do not live long. An old rhyme says: “ Big feet, big feet, Alexander was a freak. Alexander was a swoose.” The Central Hawke’s Bay swoose, now several weeks old, was the only chick from a clutch of six eggs, the others being addled.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1232, 29 May 1947, Page 2
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96AN ODD BIRD Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1232, 29 May 1947, Page 2
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