By Guest on Friday, May 2, 2003 - 11:36 pm:
does anyone know when sheep were first
introduced into ireland and by whom.
By Silk on Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 08:38 am:
Nope.
However, a small piece of lesser known Irish trivia...the 5th time sheep were introduced to Ireland, St Patrick decided they were a whole lot more cuddly and well behaved than the snakes were, hence why he got rid of the snakes!
...so I believe. ;)
By Tweed on Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 12:05 pm:And then sheep were brought to other far away lands in other hemispheres where some people realised they were not only cuddly but they did not give you a hard time when you were late home from the pub, sheep also never said "not tonight i have a headache"
By Lacie on Saturday, May 3, 2003 - 02:33 pm:
that would be a NZ'er comment !! *L*
do you know ..... the CSIRO in Aus (so I believe) has developed a 'srink free sheep'. they have developed the genetics of a breed to grow wool that does not shrink once it is milled and been through a tertiary process.
.... does leave one wondering if sheep shrink when it rains ....
By Silk on Sunday, May 4, 2003 - 07:51 am:...and if sheep do shrink when it rains...does that account for all the rather high-pitched Baaaaa-ing I hear in the fields this time of the year? :O
By Lacie on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 10:28 am:probably not, silk. You being a NZ'er, the noise is probably the complaints of the sheep ..... ? LMAO .. no accounting for PI comments, hey?
By Lacie on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 10:36 am:St. Pat sent all the sheep to Aus, I think ... we have some BEWTS here!!
By Celt on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 12:18 am:
"...one thing is for sure,
the sheep is NOT a creature of the air."
(but think of the enormous commercial possibilities if it were...)
By Guest on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 03:11 am:Oh yeah, ever smell a sheep fart?
By Silk on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 08:10 am:
*puts on old Sinatra record...watches for flying sheep* "Come fly with me...let's fly, let's fly awaaaay....If you can use, some exotic booze...there's a "baaaaaaaaaa" in faaaaa Bombay...
I think you may be wrong Lacie. Mr Sinatra said that not ALL sheep were exported to Australia. At least one had the lambchop to try a different curry to the rest o' the flock! You gonna argue with 'Ole Blue Eyes? ;)
By Lacie on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 01:24 pm:can't argue with what I dont unerstand, silk.
By U on Thursday, May 8, 2003 - 07:08 pm:
Mary had a little lamb
and then she ate another.
By Guest on Friday, May 9, 2003 - 06:33 pm:Mary had a little lamb, the doctor's were surprised, but when Old MacDonald had a farm, they really opened their eyes
By Gwydion on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 09:03 pm:
The Saxon's came in the dark of night
With all the folk asleep.
They killed off all the women for...
They'd rather rape the sheep:)
-Marion Zimmer Bradely, Mists of Avalon.