There’s a Christmas song titled "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that mentions a partridge in a pear tree. Did I find one in a Southeast Missouri fence row? The answer is no. Although there is a ...

Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A bird on a branch of a pear tree.

Instead of seven swans a-laying, here are seven questions for Christmas Eve. Happy holidays! 1. Why are the Red Sox paying Walker Buehler so much? In his final two years of arbitration eligibility, ...

One woman being interviewed said she was holding off from buying a $60 gift item because she was sure its price would continue to fall before Christmas Eve. "I think the phrase is 'playing chicken,' " ...