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By Jeanne Spath

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

A narrow two-story house sits in Flint Hill, quite unassuming, until a passerby notices the small sign hanging in front.

The sign brings the childhood nursery rhyme ‘Sing a song of sixpence’ to mind, which is exactly what happened in April, 1990 when springtime was blossoming in Rappahannock County — birds singing and flowers blooming, giving Vincent “Vinnie” Deluise and Heidi Morf the perfect name for their restaurant.

Fifteen years ago Four & Twenty Blackbirds opened its doors to locals and travelers alike,

See BLACKBIRDS, Page A2

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