Re: Sheep 'brands' [was: Cow Brands]

Mark P. Line wrote:

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>>So where exactly in the North of England was this
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>I've seen marked sheep (distinct spray-painted circles on the side, not
>smudgy marks in a series of colors on the top of their hindquarters from
>multiple copulations with differently marked rams) everywhere I went in
>the British isles. Seeing sheep without these marks would have been a
>noticeable event, so I don't remember the specific context of particular
>instances of seeing  marked ones.
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>North England: Lake District, Peak District, environs of Huddersfield
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>Scotland: Ayrshire, Skye/Lochalsh
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>Wales: Brecon Beacons
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>Cornwall: all over
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I agree.  I see sheep with markings like that all the time.  And I live
in the UK.  I could walk ten minutes down the road and look at the sheep
there, jsut to verify this, but I'm not sure I can be bothered.