Comments on: Swan Upping Season https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/25/swan-upping-season/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/25/swan-upping-season/#comment-1516255 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:15:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196467#comment-1516255 A truly exciting tradition — now as then!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/07/25/swan-upping-season/#comment-1516249 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:01:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196467#comment-1516249 It really does seem a most bizarre practice don’t you think? Swans are mighty beasts to wrestle with and a wing can break a human arm, but to capture one in a small rowing boat seems like madness. However, this is another archaic English eccentricity and, I am sure, provides useful scientific data on the population. In Worcester, the population is vast, and bold. I can image that a great deal of non-compliance would be met here also.
I’m glad that we aren’t roasting swans anymore. They are beautiful birds and I hope suffer nothing more than indignity when being upped. Thanks for another interesting piece GA, this Swan must now fly off!

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