Old Building

[SuperGoose75]

34 minutes ago, Penelope said:

In that case probably to gather the droppings for fertiliser or gun powder.

You may well be right! The info I got on it was that they were used for keeping the birds plus their eggs for food.

There are some really nice looking ones if you google Dovecotes and go to images. This one sits on the shores of lough foyle, as you can see in the background.

[old'un]

7 minutes ago, ditchman said:

i was quite hurt.........but im feeling better now😢

There you go, feel better now.

 

[SuperGoose75]

3 minutes ago, ditchman said:

you wont be hosting univercity challege any time soon

Definitely not🙃

[ditchman]

9 minutes ago, old'un said:

There you go, feel better now.

 

ooohhh i think you are a very rude man..

[old'un]

14 minutes ago, ditchman said:

ooohhh i think you are a very rude man..

Just realised what I posted, oops, thought he was pointing to his rightful crown, but he’s giving the finger.

[old man]

Pigeons ain't Doves are they?

A superb 16th century dovecote can be found in Dunster.

[old'un]

23 minutes ago, old man said:

Pigeons ain't Doves are they?

A superb 16th century dovecote can be found in Dunster.

Yep...https://www.britannica.com/animal/pigeon

Edited September 7, 2022 by old'un

[ditchman]

15 minutes ago, old'un said:

Just realised what I posted, oops, thought he was pointing to his rightful crown, but he’s giving the finger.

Hhhahhahhaha....wally

[ditchman]

ear we go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote

 

for either pigeons or doves

Edited September 7, 2022 by ditchman

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, it will look nice refurbished, 👍 bat house, owl hotel 🤔😁

[ditchman]

22 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, it will look nice refurbished, 👍 bat house, owl hotel 🤔😁

150 migrants

[oldypigeonpopper]

6 minutes ago, ditchman said:

150 migrants

🤔😁

[Fisheruk]

3 hours ago, SuperGoose75 said:

Well done sir! Correct answer👏

 

 

So the Irish were ahead of time with Pigeon Post 😳

Edited September 7, 2022 by Fisheruk

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, so where is this interesting building ??

[ditchman]

27 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, so where is this interesting building ??

dont ask.............we will have to guess

[amateur]

9 minutes ago, ditchman said:

dont ask.............we will have to guess

6 hours ago, SuperGoose75 said:

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40903115/red-castle-tullynavinn-donegal

He told us 6 hours ago, but you probably missed it whilst you were arguing about dovecotes and pigeon lofts

[enfieldspares]

The eggs were eaten and some off the eggs allowed to hatch and the chick grow to a flightless squab when it, too, was then eaten. In France there was a limit on the pigeons you could keep according to the area of your landholding. As pigeons forage at will and don't care who's crops or land they done off!

However a small landowner wishing to appear to be a large landowner could build a large pigeon house. Giving the outward appearance that as he had a large pigeon house he had the right to keep a large number of pigeons. Therefore owning a large area of land.

So you might marry you daughter to him and when the truth came out realise you'd been fooled! Thus the French phrase "Vous m'avez pigeonne!" Literally "You have pigeoned me." which we'd say as being "Sold a pup."

Edited September 7, 2022 by enfieldspares

[old man]

13 hours ago, ditchman said:

ear we go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote

 

for either pigeons or doves

Well boi, if you shot a collared dove in mistake for a woodie the dove wouldn't be the only one to get collared? 🙃

[SuperGoose75]

12 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, so where is this interesting building ??

It's in the ''coolest place on the planet'' Well that was official in 2017. 

It sits on the shores of Lough Foyle on the Inishowen peninsula in Co Donegal. Across the lough is Magilligan which once had one of the largest commercial rabbit warren's in Europe. 

12 hours ago, amateur said:

He told us 6 hours ago, but you probably missed it whilst you were arguing about dovecotes and pigeon lofts

Thank you👍

12 hours ago, enfieldspares said:

The eggs were eaten and some off the eggs allowed to hatch and the chick grow to a flightless squab when it, too, was then eaten. In France there was a limit on the pigeons you could keep according to the area of your landholding. As pigeons forage at will and don't care who's crops or land they done off!

However a small landowner wishing to appear to be a large landowner could build a large pigeon house. Giving the outward appearance that as he had a large pigeon house he had the right to keep a large number of pigeons. Therefore owning a large area of land.

So you might marry you daughter to him and when the truth came out realise you'd been fooled! Thus the French phrase "Vous m'avez pigeonne!" Literally "You have pigeoned me." which we'd say as being "Sold a pup."

That's  some iteresting info there! Thanks for taking the time to post it.

Edited September 8, 2022 by SuperGoose75