Can anyone offer help re. baggy-knee'd sheep? It's just one of those
friendly services we like to offer... R
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 09:29:32 +0100, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Hello Mr Caddel,
>>
>> I am trying to find the full text of a ryming verse that concerns a
>> unique breed of sheep. I have contacted a number of related
>> organisations but so far have not found what I am looking for.
>Everyone
>> has been so helpful.
>
>I have not read any of Mr Bunting's work and I am not suggesting that he
>had anything to do with this but maybe you could give me a lead or two.
>>
>> I am helping a friend whose father used to recite this verse at family
>
>> get-togethers maybe 40 years or so ago and he would like to get the
>> full text and the author's name.
>>
>> I don't have very much, in fact only three lines and here they are:
>>
>> Yon canny Highland crofters keep,
>> A breed of crease resistant sheep.
>> ........Etc...etc...
>> Ye ne'er see sheep wi baggy knees.
>> ...etc .... etc..
>>
>> Can you help please?
>
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