Hi Tracey ..
We actually get quite a lot of our everyday language & sayings from the world of Falconry & Hawking ..
For instance if you want to motivate someone .. you might say .. "C'mon, shake your feathers" .. this comes from the "Rouse" an act performed by all BoP's immediately before take-off, ensuring that all the flight feathers are perfectly aligned .. which might make all the difference between catching a meal & going hungry ..
Or, in Medieval times Hawks were often carried in the field on a pole shaped like an elongated letter "T" .. this was known as a "Cadge" and the servant deputed to carry it was called the Cadger, or said to be "on the Cadge" .. if he was a particularly elderly retainer he was probably called the "Old Cadger" .. from where we get the corruption to "Old Codger" ..
Another suggested origin for "Cadger" is that the servant wasn't paid for his work & so scrounged "tips" from the Lords & Ladies in return for carrying their Hawks ..
Bye for now ..
Kev ..