They made little clay bird skulls that they would put in pies back in the medieval times. It would whistle when the pie was hot. This is said to be the origin of “Four and Twenty Blackbirds, baked in a pie” line from a nursery rhyme. There are other theories as well, besides this.
They made little clay bird skulls that they would put in pies back in the medieval times. It would whistle when the pie was hot. This is said to be the origin of “Four and Twenty Blackbirds, baked in a pie” line from a nursery rhyme. There are other theories as well, besides this.
Pretty interesting. Like a tea pot for pies.