Friday, August 16, 2024

gaggles, for reference (14th c and onward)

an assembly of monks or nuns, a congregation game

explained in plurals and continual -

a gaggle of geese

a colony of minks

an Anglo-Saxon herd or swarm

 

precursers to

 

a muster  of  peacocks

an unkindness of ravens

a charm of goldfinches

a watch of nightengales

 

diligence of messengers

sentence of judges

prudence of vicars

non-patience of wives

 

an excess of

an abundance

before more (dis)appearances