Tu-whit

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‘Tu-whit! there you will find a snake with nine young ones.’

The Olive Fairy Book 2003
"Tu-whit, tu-whoo! tu-whit, tu-whoo!" and laughed so loudly that all the wood-elves began to laugh also; so did the birds and the frogs, and even the flowers.

Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
As the dismal "Tu-whit, tu who-oo" sounded through the gloaming, Lloyd glanced over her shoulder with a shudder.

The Little Colonel's Hero 1897
Their feathers were quite stiff with rime, but they did not mind, and they rolled their large yellow eyes, and called out to each other across the forest, 'Tu-whit!

A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877
"Tu-whit! tu-whoo!" said a voice, from a hole beneath the pine-tree.

Miscellanea Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
‘Tu-whit, tu-whit! you must go to your father’s palace!’

The Olive Fairy Book 2003