Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ...
by lmm on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @01:54AM
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St John's College serves swan on formal occasions sometimes, because they have some connection to the royal family that means they have special permission. (Or used to in the Queen Elizabeth days, I don't know if they still do under Charles)
Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ...
by inopinatus on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @01:03AM
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it is a custom more honour’d in the breach than the observance
Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ...
by globular-toast on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @02:03AM
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Apart from the ones at Abbotsbury swannery. Those ones are privately owned. It is true to say all mute swans in Britain are owned by someone, though.
Re:Cheating alleged after men's world conker champion found ...
by louthy on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @07:48AM
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> All swans
Not all, just mute swans; so not Bewick’s or whoopers (if I remember correctly)
Edit:
“His Majesty specifically owns any unclaimed mute swan in open water in both England and Wales in a ceremonial fashion. This has been a law since medieval times. His ownership is shared with the Worshipful Company of Dyers, granted to them by the Crown in the 1400s.”
https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/king/does-the-king-really-own-...
Or at least that's the way I heard it, come to think of it I have no idea at all if that's true. Stops people killing and eating swans though. Not that many would anyway these days.