Glyn, First Aid in English! I think I've still got one somewhere, it was always a handy reference when I was teaching. I'm sure you're right about someone just sitting down and creating a list - I've heard it was nuns!!! It's very subjective: a murder of crows, a charm of goldfinches, you can see which birds they wanted in their gardens and which ones they shooed off. (shoo'd?? - where's my First Aid in English got to?)
Jo, 'Lowry outlet mall' - I can't help but picture it with matchsticky people 
Bjay, sympathies. I have just had lemon cake with my coffee (oh!!) though have been very good all week as I didn't like the last weigh-in result. The members of our WW group had put on 82.5 lb over the holiday. (Extra tubby smiley)