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THE MAGPIE. 



Report on the parish of Chirnside, in The Old Statistical 

 Account of Scotland, 1795 (vol. xiv. p. 10). 



The young are sometimes taken from the nest and taught 

 to speak, and this has apparently given rise to the nickname 

 of " Tale Piet " or " Piet Tongue," which is given by boys to 

 a schoolfellow who is guilty of tale-bearing. 



