Twittering little canary birds are obviously named after the Canary Islands. But the island's name came from the Latin canariae insulae which means 'islands of dogs.' Apparently the island's inhabitants all owned ginormous tail - waggers! It was originally an island famous for being full of fidos and not birds!
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Wonderful card, I love vintage postcards!
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What a fascinating collection you have , Marie.
How did you get started?
Love the little girl's curls in this one. :)
Those are beautiful cards, what a collection !
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Once upon a time they coloured monochrome.
I imagine the postcard industry has taken a battering since digital.
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I like this postcard with its tiny bit of colour. I think it would be fun to collect vintage postcards. ;-)
Bibi, of course, knew that the islands were named for her fellow canines. I like this postcard---never had any luck with taming birds, though.
Fascinating sweet image. Strangely there is an island of the UK called "the Isle Of Dogs." Not so pretty.
Hi Marie.love the Canary Island story.I do love the vintage postcard.You have such interesting things here. Hugs Marie Antionette
Lovely card! I like the hair accessories!
Beautiful card! Love the fascinating fact behind it too!
Interesting little factoid there. I wouldn't have made the connection even though anyone who knows me can tell you I'm an obsessive dog fancier.
Who knew!
Is she snorting that bird?
Nice and fun old postcard ... but I am worried about the budgie
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I am so glad you stopped by my blog. I am sooo into vintage postcards too! YAY! Wonderful to meet you. What a beautiful blog you have here.
i wonder if i could get my hair to look like that gal's...it's a rockin' hairdo. :)
Marie, you have really an attractive collection of fine cards!
lovely and attractive collection
That is beautiful! Suitable for framing!
I'm a dog nutter and I didn't know that. Interesting.
Beautiful postcard. And I didn't know that about the canary. I love old black and white movies, and last night I watched one called Birdman at Alcatraz. It was about a prisioner that raised birds and took care of them.
So, which is 'the little charmer' (la petite charmeuse)? Sweetie pie, or tweety bird . . . Oh, wait! It's the whole card; a charmer indeed.
This is the biggest response you've yet drawn. Imagine if you had put up a picture of a cat or a dog.
And all this time we thought the Islands where named for birds?! That is too funny!
The little girl looks like she's using a canary as tweezers, doesn't she? LOL Ouch, ouch, ouch ...
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Wow! I really love this one. Where do you get these amazing cards?
I love canaries!
Thanks for the history lesson and the cool card. Now if you can only figure out how the cat caught the canary we'd be set. Many Blessings from snowy/icy Missouri!
What a lovely card. It is so pretty.
Love the canary you have the most amazing vintage postcards on your blog.
I always assumed that the islands were probably named after the birds.
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That's an interesting tidbit of information. It's a pretty card as well.
Another great animal card and another sweet story. Thank you Marie.
Long live the Island of Dogs! Bibi was thrilled to learn this, but I had known. Never told her for fear she'd want to move there....
Gorgeous card, and lovely story. I think it lingered somewhere in the depths of my mind, never to emerge again, if it hadn't been for you!
That's a nice postcard with a tweety bird. Happy PFF!
What a very beautiful old card, marie.
The little is very very pretty. I love her hair style and the bird too.
what a sweet postcard. I some think that hair do would be easier to achieve on me and my daughter's than the flat iron look. And for all I knew the canary islands were named for the bird. miss you! hope you are doing well - I'm emailing you on facebook about my new project, I'd love your input on! xoxoxo (don't let those xo's frighten anybody :)
i had the same thought as babooshka - it made me think of the isle of dogs in east london - far less romantic! a great card and another snippet of history...happy PFF!
Beautiful card, and such a lot of knowledge. Love canaries, but then so does my cat. Happy Friendship Friday Marie.
Very nice! Those are such bright little birds. The phrases "I'll make ya sing like a canary" and "you look like you've just swallowed a canary" came to mind as I was reading.
Hi Marie. Lots of comments today!
I had a canary when I was in grade school. My younger sister had a turtle and she once tried to feed it song food because it wouldn't sing!
Happy PFF!
A tweetie and a sweetie. Great card, how useful Latin is in understanding what words really mean.
What a sweet picture!!
Oh! You have shared so many wonderful postcards...this one has to be one of the most precious postcards!
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