BSW3 22. The truth about sheep!
Nov 04, 2021, 07:10 PM
Speaker: Patsy McNulty and a local farmer
From the Bluestack Way Part 3 playlist.
According to Michael Gallagher, sheep are often regarded as being downright stupid, but they actually notice changes in the atmosphere early on, and set out to prepare themselves for it. When in late autumn, winter or early spring, they gather together and jump and play as if showing their prowess in athletics, snow is in the offing.
Again when they keep close together or run in formation to a high ditch, a hedge or old wallsteads, high winds are fast approaching.
In late spring, sheep in lowlands head back to the hills and can make their way to the particular pastures they inhabited the previous summer. They’re leaving the lowlands as an indication that the harsh winter and spring have ended and good weather is on the way.
If the shepherd forces them to go to the mountain in the spring against their wishes, they will invariably return to the lowlands as they realise that more harsh weather is to come. If the sheep on the hills head for the lowland pastures at the fall of the year, harsh weather with storm, hail or snow can be expected in the near future.
Our audio piece might just be the best one recorded along the way - featuring as it does some very vocal sheep and two knowledgeable sheep farmers!
From the Bluestack Way Part 3 playlist.
According to Michael Gallagher, sheep are often regarded as being downright stupid, but they actually notice changes in the atmosphere early on, and set out to prepare themselves for it. When in late autumn, winter or early spring, they gather together and jump and play as if showing their prowess in athletics, snow is in the offing.
Again when they keep close together or run in formation to a high ditch, a hedge or old wallsteads, high winds are fast approaching.
In late spring, sheep in lowlands head back to the hills and can make their way to the particular pastures they inhabited the previous summer. They’re leaving the lowlands as an indication that the harsh winter and spring have ended and good weather is on the way.
If the shepherd forces them to go to the mountain in the spring against their wishes, they will invariably return to the lowlands as they realise that more harsh weather is to come. If the sheep on the hills head for the lowland pastures at the fall of the year, harsh weather with storm, hail or snow can be expected in the near future.
Our audio piece might just be the best one recorded along the way - featuring as it does some very vocal sheep and two knowledgeable sheep farmers!