Rigs
- Thread starter DB67
- Start date
Av Gorritt
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- Location
- NE Ches / SE Lancs
I think Mendel did a little bit.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Are you talking about sheep that get on their back? Or sheep who’s balls don’t drop properly?
A ‘rig’ is a different thing to different people, or in different parts of the country.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
A rig is a sheep on its back...or a bullock that shows himself
harperfarmer
Member
A rig is a bullock with a stone left!?
ridger
Member
- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
No its the land around a field next the hedge
sticky
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- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
What Harper said. When a sheep is on it's back it has got cast.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
No. Cast is a ewe that’s had its last lambing and is going to be sold for kebabs.
Dyke is the one that amused me recently - it’s a stone wall but apparently also a ditch (and also an old name for a lady who likes other ladies....)
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
As @Highland Mule says a cast sheep is a cull
sticky
Member
- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
You lot speak funny up north..
As a side note,why can I not get the imoji thingys to show up.
As a side note,why can I not get the imoji thingys to show up.
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sticky
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- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
Never heard of a stone wall called that, I know of the other two.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Really? A dry stane dyke is the most common use.
Yup a dyke is a wall.
And a fank is where you put sheep in to work on them, which I reckon comes from fanga, which in Icelandic means capture.
And a fank is where you put sheep in to work on them, which I reckon comes from fanga, which in Icelandic means capture.
- Location
- Leicestershire
A dyke is a ditch. A rig is a lamb with a ball. A sheep on its back is cast.
Simple
Simple
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
You’re wrong on dyke and cast, but I agree on rig.
What’s a “teg” ?
What’s a “teg” ?
- Location
- Fife
A gimmer a theave a shearling or a yearling.
- Location
- Leicestershire
A tegg is ewe lamb here. It's a wonder anyone ever buys what they actually set out to buy!
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
So maybe we can learn to use proper words rather than made up regionalisms? This is The Farming Forum, not The Leicestershire Farming Forum.
Not taking a pop at anyone specific, but it’s hard enough in this industry without proper communication.
Was told once before, in a problem with loss of communication between sender and receiver, it can only ever be the fault of the sender.
Not taking a pop at anyone specific, but it’s hard enough in this industry without proper communication.
Was told once before, in a problem with loss of communication between sender and receiver, it can only ever be the fault of the sender.
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
So how old is a lamb when it turns into a hogget?
Which counties talk about gimmers?
When is it impossible for a two-tooth to be a shearling?
Which counties talk about gimmers?
When is it impossible for a two-tooth to be a shearling?