Blaise, St
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Blaise, St an Armenian bishop and martyr of the 4th century, one of the
Fourteen of Chancery, who was said to have been martyred by being torn with combs for carding wool before he was beheaded.
He is said at the intervention of the boy's mother to have healed a boy who had a fishbone stuck in his throat; when Blaise was afterwards in prison, the woman brought him food and candles. His emblems are a comb (for carding wool) and a candle, he is the patron saint of wool-combers and those with illnesses of the throat, and his feast day is 3 February.
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GROUSE HUNTING Spruce grouse can confuse matters; Protected species could be mistaken for ruffed grouse
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/8/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...search of Wisconsin's abundant ruffed grouse population this fall should pay particular...national forests. Instead of a ruffed grouse, for which the season opens Sept. 18 in most areas, the grouse that flushes may be a protected spruce...
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Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...their bird dogs in mountain climes where blue grouse and mountain sharp-tailed grouse live. Some go without dogs. A few hardies even...for pheasants to open - was the September sage grouse hunt, period. Blue grouse, although abundant...
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Magazine article from: Outdoor Life; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the promise of shade. A pair of sharp-tailed grouse and two heavy sage grouse were nestled in my vest as I made a slow sweep around...from a tangle of cow parsnips and fescue. It was a grouse, but I didn't hear the distinctive chuckle of...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...Pennsylvania Game Commission expects ruffed grouse hunting to be good - at least as good...opening day of the state's three-part grouse season is Saturday, Oct. 13, and runs...sport. "Last year, hunters saw more grouse than they had the previous year," said...
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GROUSE HUNTING Patience will be repaid Wily bird tough to bag in early season foliage
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/14/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...public print, Wisconsin's 1997 ruffed grouse hunting season will be one day old, but...the time best considered for successful grouse hunting. The brown bombs have an uncanny...hand in front of your face, much less a grouse flushing out toward those hidden spaces...
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Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 10/6/1997; 700+ words
; ...something mortally dangerous to grouse about - such as a Depression...inconsequential these little grouses. Now, we glory in these little grouses. Great issues remain, but...grudges. Indulge pet peeves. Grouse. Except in Ohio. ''State...
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GROUSE HAVE DISAPPEARED.(SPORTS)(OUTDOORS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 9/17/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: Tim Eisele VIOLA -- Where are the grouse? That's a question that many ruffed grouse hunters, as well as private landowners, are asking. Ruffed grouse are one of the four species of grouse - sharptail grouse, spruce...
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Grouse don't have to be scarce. (game bird management)
Magazine article from: Outdoor Life; 4/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; In the late 1800s, ruffed grouse were sold in New England markets by...1930s, Minnesota hunters still shot grouse from trees with small-bore rifles...those were the good old days and ruffed grouse have not been as abundant since. In...
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Grouse threatens West; Some say worse than spotted owl.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...dwelling bird with a homely name - sage grouse - that has the potential to bring the...status review on whether to list the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act. The...are genuinely concerned that the sage grouse could bring down their economies as much...
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Grouse Hunting May Be Below Average in Some Areas; Squirrels Abound in Pennsylvania's Forests and Woodlots; Game Commission Posts Field Forecasts on Website.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 10/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...Game Commission biologists expect ruffed grouse hunting to be somewhat below average for...opening day of the state's three-part grouse season is Saturday, Oct. 17, and runs...scampering. "Pennsylvania's 2008-09 grouse season was a pretty good one, at least...
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Grouse
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Grouse Grouse (and ptarmigan) are medium-sized birds in the family Tetraonidae, order Galliformes. Grouse and ptarmigan are often hunted for food and sport, and are sometimes broadly...
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grouse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
grouse common name for a game bird of the colder...Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively...feathered. The most common eastern American grouse is the ruffed grouse (sometimes miscalled...
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ruffed grouse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ruffed grouse see grouse .
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sage grouse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sage grouse sage hen, or sage cock: see grouse .
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grouse locust
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
grouse locust See TETRIGIDAE .
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