RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 domino n. a loose cloak, worn with a mask for the upper part of the face at masquerades. Wife's suspicions are well-founded. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 It appears some members of the council are spending to much time at a certain Gentleman's club instead of on council business Nick 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 8 hours ago, Tom Burnham said: Like this, do you mean? All I can say is, that if the "Gentleman" requires a quizzing glass to observe the young lady, then he's not getting the maximum benefit from his membership! In view of that, may I suggest that we're All little sheep that have gone astray.... Ahem! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt I don't think we've had this pre-raff previously, for some reason the concentration seems to be on young ladies in dishevelled apparel.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hroth said: All I can say is, that if the "Gentleman" requires a quizzing glass to observe the young lady, then he's not getting the maximum benefit from his membership! In view of that, may I suggest that we're All little sheep that have gone astray.... Ahem! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt I don't think we've had this pre-raff previously, for some reason the concentration seems to be on young ladies in dishevelled apparel.... The interesting thing about this painting is that the sheep have paint marks on them. This means any sheep that is pre-grouping should have these marks on them. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, ChrisN said: The interesting thing about this painting is that the sheep have paint marks on them. This means any sheep that is pre-grouping should have these marks on them. As the marks are on their shoulders I would assume they indicate ownership where sheep are grazing on common ground. Nowadays they appear on their rumps in the autumn and are for a completely different purpose! Jim 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, ChrisN said: The interesting thing about this painting is that the sheep have paint marks on them. This means any sheep that is pre-grouping should have these marks on them. I'm sure we've discussed sheep markings before? Or is that deja-ewe? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Caley Jim said: As the marks are on their shoulders I would assume they indicate ownership where sheep are grazing on common ground. Nowadays they appear on their rumps in the autumn and are for a completely different purpose! Jim Jim, Er, yes. I know what those marks are for but do they not have ownership marks as well? Those out on the hills that is. Edited July 19, 2019 by ChrisN 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Compound2632 said: Or is that deja-ewe? Moderators! When are we going to get that 'groan' button?? Jim 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, ChrisN said: Jim, Er, yes. I knoew what those marks are for but do they not have ownership marks as well? Those out on the hills that is. Yes, generally on the shoulder. Looking forward to my fortnight in the Lune Valley... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I think sheep can get marked for multiple reasons: ownership; dippings and dosings; the other thing etc., so they sometimes look a tad Modernist by the end of a season. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Nearholmer said: the other thing etc., Ah, that's one of what my school biology textbook referred to as the "so-called Four Fs: Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing and Reproducing"? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Huntin', shootin', fishin', and reproducin', bein' all that a certain class of country person was (is?) fit for. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Burnham Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, ChrisN said: The interesting thing about this painting is that the sheep have paint marks on them. This means any sheep that is pre-grouping should have these marks on them. Definitely ruddled. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 So the whip’s intended to herd sheep then? It must have broken off the porcelain shepherdess we had on the dresser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am always amazed at the number of sheep that are into paintballing. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) A quick bit of googling turns up an article on smit marks. They are certainly pre-Grouping, pre-pre-Raphaelite, pre-railway: "in 1817 Joseph Walker published the first manual of smit marks. He published the manual for his home area of Martindale and the surrounding valleys in the Lake District in the north-west of England. His guide was so popular – so popular that over the next 80 years or so other farmers published guides to many other parts of the country." Edited July 19, 2019 by Compound2632 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Is that the rare Red Arsed Scottish Black Face sheep? Edited July 20, 2019 by Malcolm 0-6-0 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Fascinating. I have long thought that our modelled sheep should have what I now know are called smit marks. It is one of those details seldom if ever seen on layouts. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said: Is that the rare Red Arsed Scottish Black Face sheep? Not all t that rare. There's a blue a***d species too! Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2019 Quite. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Somebody has been out with the tartan paint again. Jim 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2019 Aye.. 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2019 I can see a whole new field opening up for purists. Modelu will be going around rare-breed farms to scan different types of sheep. Nit-pickers will take a look at your layout and pronounce that your Southdown is wrong for the period and that no Texel every carried that smit-mark... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Northroader said: Aye.. Its a bit like spot-the-ball, but you have to circle where the seagull did his (or her) business on the loco.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 16 hours ago, Northroader said: Quite. You are Mel Gibson, and I claim my 50 Groats! https://www.britannica.com/topic/Braveheart I'm sorry ossifer, I'll come quietly..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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