| As a
member of the Collingwood Football Club I have an obvious identification
with magpies. I like to wear magpie feathers
in my hair when I go to the footy. In fact I am very surprised
that more people don’t do the same thing. I pick up black
and white feathers whenever I come across them on the ground.
The best place to go hunting for them is along Elwood Canal. Under
the big trees down near Broadway is a never- fail location. Along
the foreshore is good too. I suspect a lot of these feathers are
actually seagull, not magpie, feathers.
However, the effect is the same. 2000 has been a great season for
Collingwood and I got a lot of wear out of these. I aim to collect
enough feathers to make an entire war-bonnet, which I will wear
to the Collingwood/Richmond Grand Final in 2003.
Margaret Trail — Elwood
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