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"A murder of crows"
While the collective nouns assigned to most groups of birds come from their habitat or their song, the word assigned to a group of crows arises from their dark roots in medieval folklore. Peasants from the 15th century England frequently ascribed the darkest themes to these dark-feathered birds with jet-black eyes, calling them witches in disguise or messengers of the devil. If a crow sat on the roof of a house, it was believed someone inside would die soon after.
Moreover, another reason for ascribing the collective noun of 'murder' would be due to certain accounts of crows carrying out a 'crow parliament'. In this event, as many as 500 crows gather collectively, after which, they proceed to 'murder' one of their own by tearing the bird to pieces.
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A sentence of judges"Until the 12th century, the English law was based on the feudal system. In this system, the lord of the manor was given the power to charge and prosecute criminals on his own terms. However in 1166, Henry II, the then King of England, took this power away from individual landowners and brought it under his own control.
He established the court of assizes. In this system, a national bench of judges attended quarterly court sessions while travelling around the country. A new set of national laws were established that held true for all people, on which the judges based their sentences.
Even though this vouched for a legal system based on everyone being equal under the law, the sentences of the assizes judges could be pretty harsh, ranging from a short imprisonment in the stocks, to even a public execution.
2. "A lying of pardoners"When the church dominated the medieval society, the ultimate aim was to earn a place in heaven. To do that, one needed a pure, unsullied soul. However, numerous people succumbed to various temptations and looked for ways to cleanse themselves of their sins. To do this, they had to take the help of 'pardoners', who were priests or priors claiming close contact with the Pope. The Pope allegedly gave them the power to grant absolution, but only for a fee. This led to widespread corruption and a large number of fraud pardoners cropped up, armed with fake papal pardons and relics. A number of these "lying pardoners" were imprisoned, as claimed by 15th century records held by the Corporation of the City of London.
3. "A superfluity of nuns"The word 'superfluity' refers to an excess of something. This collective noun has two possible origins.In the period between 1270 and 1536, England had 138 nunneries, all of which were overcrowded. This was because noble families with daughters who had crossed the 'marriageable age' admitted them to nunneries. The social norms prevalent during that time saw this as a logical step. Though the nunneries were already full, the prioresses were forced to accept the new women due to pressure from the lords.
Alternatively, this could also be a comment on the church reform taking place in England. The nurses would seem to be in 'superfluity' in the views of the agitators vying for Protestantism as opposed to the Catholic regime. This noun first appeared in print in The Book of St Albans, 50 years after which, the convents and monasteries were ordered to be shut down on Henry VIII's directives. The Protestant Reformation took full power after that.
4. "A stud of horses"In the medieval ages, horses were extremely important in the lives of the people, and were classified according to their designated role in the society. Destriers were used by noblemen as warhorses, palfreys were owned by the wealthy for riding, war or travel, coursers were cavalry horses, while rounies had no special breeding, and were treated as common-grade hack horses.
During that time, monasteries ran 'stud-farms' where horses were bred. 'Stud' comes from the German word 'stute', meaning mare. The first State-run stud farm was established by Louis XIV of France in 1665. By that time, 'a stud of horses' was used commonly to mean a group of horses.
5. "A cry/kennel of hounds"Medieval households almost always kept dogs from the hound family who made great hunting dogs. They had kennels and a band of dedicated servants for looking after the dogs.
The noun 'cry' is thought to have been attached to dogs as a derivation of the hunting call which instructed the hounds in their pursuit of the prey. The traditional English hunting call 'Tally Ho!' is a short version of 'Tallio, hoix, hark, forward', which is an anglicised form of the French terms 'Thia-hilaud' and 'a qui forheur