Joe and his derriere suffer again...

[image error] I've mentioned before that you can tell the season just by listening to the sounds of the village. This month there are two new sounds; a clicking noise, and braying.

The clicking sound is made by poor quails that are kept in little domed cages and hung on the walls outside houses. They're females and will be used as decoys later in the season. The cage is set down, the bird calls and the males are attracted. Bang! and the males are shot for eating.

Of course Joe and I heartily disapprove, but ...