Assertion: red kite | /r/Synonym | a shite-hawk
Facets:
value: in england
type: LOCATION
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: in medieval times
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, he provided no evidence for this assertion, and the only other references to the red kite being called a shite-hawk in medieval times are very recent, for example a historical novel published in 2011 (but set in 1513), and in a poem written by Christopher Hodgson (published 2005):
text: In March 2011, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio programme called The Kestrel and Red Kite, in which presenter Rod Liddle repeatedly asserted that the red kite (Milvus milvus) was historically known as the shite-hawk in England.