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Actually, while both are members of the corvidae family, rooks are larger and have bigger beaks ;) I only know because we have a rookery in a tree by our house.

They are carrion eaters and not...

I totally agree, that was exactly what I was trying to say. I think the major reason was to give the boys a lession, of that I'm sure, but he could just told them to watch the hanging. So I think...

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I thought TS was saying that the bread was an offering for the birds for some other reason than to attract or detract from the body.

Well, thats pretty much what we're discussing - why they would leave an offering for the rooks and crows ;)

Actually, today I'm thinking the opposite :lol:

You see, it would have been unusual - in a place where hanging was the accepted capital punishment (because the gallows would be in use and it...

I researched this for over an hour on the net last night...and got nuthin'!! :lol:

I looked into gallow's superstitions, but they were mostly about the wood of the structure and the hangman's rope...

The title is quite a big spoiler for anyone who hasn't read the book, so I'll change it ;)

I have to say that I didn;t understand the significance of scattering the bread at Hax's feet either.