Night Fowling November 19th

This was the period of the year for ‘Night-fowling’ Gervase Markham wrote a whole book about it in the 17th Century. It was called Hungers Prevention: or, the Whole Art of Fowling by Water and Land. (Printed London: for Francis Grove, 1655). In it, he tells the reader to go to ‘a stubble field in … Continue reading Night Fowling November 19th