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All three birds -- cuckoo, marten, swift -- can be found here among springtime species even as they do not have first-come honors.

The backyard unreliable creek alongside the reliable ephemeral pool sometimes gets mute (Cygnus olor), trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator), tundra (Cygnus columbianus) and whooper (Cygnus cygnus) swans. So far it has been one sighting of an individual or of a couple each.

But typically it is Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in their V-shaped flight formations.

Might the aforementioned introduction (here) be what manages first-come springtime honors on the eastern-side pond?

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Online search terms are not forthcoming about northern France's equivalent areas.

Might there be any article or book about the northern French counterparts?

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It's all so interesting, particularly the last paragraph which lists among component parts mere for "lake."

The last-mentioned word either orients me to French, with mère ("mother"), or with Unitedstatesian mere ("nothing better/more than").

It seems to me the first time seeing mere as English lake.

(So would the lake district ever be called the mere district ;-D?)

The first paragraph to the last, Conclusion subheading describes for us that "Harrowgate is sited in the lovely Vale of York,a train ride of an hour and half from where I live in Greater Manchester. I had never been to the town before, but I will go again. I was impressed with the show, it was so well organized. In particular the tea rooms and restaurants were well spaced out and easy to find. We enjoyed tea, Earl Grey for me of course, and cakes in one, and the cake was beautifully made."

Does the above mean that perhaps your wife elected Lady Grey to your Earl Grey tea?

(Why is it not called Countess Grey?)

Interesting points indeed. The Nordic and the Celtic languages are related, so similarities are to be expected. You mention unnr , wave. The Celtic word for wave, which comes in the place name Ard na Murchan, meaning the height of the sea waves, uses an to signify waves, and this is related to the Latin undus, meaning wave.

Thor and the Saxon equivalent Thunor both are similar in structure to Taran.

Add means high or high place, mur is derived from sea, and is linked to the Latin mare , pronounced Mar Ray, and it is also related to the English word mere, which we use to denote a lake.

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The Nordic Names site gives Taran -- which persists in some of the Norse-language family-speaking countries today) -- an etymology from the Old Norse Þórunnr, from Old Norse Þór (Thor, "thunder") and unnr (unn, "wave"). And, as has arisen regarding your other wizzleys, it has come out that the word say is for the Norse language from Old Norse ay for "island'!

Might the above details seem plausible behind the name Taransay as (Thor the) thunder god's island?

(But then the above question would ignore online sources etymologizing Taransay from Scots Gaelic Taransaigh ;-{!)

There is no knowledge available on this side of the Atlantic that is not available in the USA. Names sometimes might have more than one meaning, but I don't see Taransay as the seat of high kings, for the seat of the Scottish Gaelic high kings was Dalriada in Argyll. There are no remains of a palace on the isle.

Online sources identify Tarasay as from Scots Gaelic Tarasaigh.

They indicate the name as of the seat of the high kings. Some mention tara as meaning "rocky hill" even as they muster up nothing for saigh.

At first look, I pondered Norse inputs with say from the Old Norse ay for "island."

Would east-side ponders such as you have an etymology for someone such as myself who so rejoices in name and word origins?

There is no set or discernible pattern in this matter.

The book concentrates on southern England.

Swifts, Martens, followed now more rarely by the cuckoo. Returning geese are noticeable for their calls.

I cannot think of one off hand, but you would find them on the catalogues of evangelical publishing houses.

Meat, probably pork or lamb, and two vegetables, probably leeks and a mixture of carrot and parsnip.

Decide whether a book is written to give broad coverage of a religion, or decide whether it is a key text dealing with the major issues pertaining to it.

Are the apparitions intentionally showing themselves or simply being seen. Could they see Harry? Were they capable of seeing? Unanswered questions.