:: the third day of christmas

the gift given on the third day of christmas, according to the song, is a trio of french hens. i've always wondered what made french hens more grandiose than the ordinary hen. do french hens have superiority over all hens? are french hens used because the french are generally perceived as lovers and this carries over to their poultry? does the person receiving the gift really care what nationality the hens are? and more importantly, where is the person receiving these gifts putting all the birds? we've already got turtle doves, now hens. and we're not even getting to the calling birds or the geese who are a' laying...

in any event, i give you ::

three french hens