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... a Latin name which translates into: "Song of a Parrot that is wavelike." It is the most common of all pet birds. Its name finds its origins from the English derivation of the Australian aboriginal term: Betcherrygah ... which became "budgerigar and then segued into Budgy ... our nickname for the common parakeet. And that's our daily dose of "where it came from and what it is now" for today folks. Shall we proceed?
Hirsch Kutchinsky ... Polish born ... began making fine jewelry with his son Morris in London's East End in 1893. Their workmanship was outstanding ... and the family jewels--you should pardon the expression--gained renown. 37 years after the onset of the enterprise
--in 1930--Morris' sons took over the family business ...which became so huge a success that they opened a store in London's Knightsbridge section where it remains--to the best of my knowledge--today after having been purchased by London Hilton Jewelers.
Parakeet ... the novelty bird of the 19th century. Turquoise ... Blue ... Chartreuse ... White ... they were originally netted by the millions (that's 1,000,000 in multiples folks) in Australia and were first exhibited to the public in England in 1840. And so the love affair began ... with no members of the trendy-chic being willing to forgo the presence of a little Budgy in their living rooms.
There is extraordinarily little information available on Hirsch Kutchinsky ... however ... if a picture is worth a thousand words ... then the image of his little Budgy is worth many thousands of syllables more. 9 centimeters high ... our little Betcherrygah is made of gold (karat unknown) ... its head pave set with diamonds with a ruby eye and rubies on it's breast. He was created sometime in the early 1950's and has an estimated worth of two to three thousand pounds sterling. (Anyone care to Americanize that into dollars for me?)
I have heard it said that the shortest sentence in the world is: "Adam had'em." and while in no way do I intend to compete with such pureness of brevity ... I would like to believe that this issue of Tidbits should rank in the forefront of brief e-zines in these modern times when movie scenes rarely last more than ten seconds--try timing one on the telly folks--and attention spans might well be measured in nano-seconds. That said ... anyone care to view a Betcherrygah?
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And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark
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