Three French Hens.Three French Hens Margie Palatini & Richard Egielski Hyperion Books 114-5th Avenue, NY, NY 10011-5690 www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com 0786851678 $15.99 www.amazon.com On the third day of Christmas a mademoiselle from Paris sent her true love three French hens, two turtle doves turtle doves adoring couple, building their nest. [O.T.: Song of Songs 2:12] See : Lovers, Famous turtle doves “voice of the turtle is heard.” [O.T.: Song of Songs 2:12] See : Spring , and a partridge partridge, common name applied to various henlike birds of several families. The true partridges of the Old World are members of the pheasant family (Phasianidae); the common European or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced in parts of North America. in a pear pear, name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a pome. The common pear (P. communis) is one of the earliest cultivated of fruit trees, both in its native W Asia and in Europe. tree--but the hens never arrive. A mis-delivery to Phil Fox from the Bronx leads to the promise of good meal--even if the French hens have to pull out some French culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n skills in the process?
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