[lit-ideas] Re: On Being Griced
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:46:07 -0800
On Dec 24, 2009, at 5:02 PM, jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
From wiki:
"Most Shetland crofts would have at least one grice kept on
grazing lands,
though they would often roam across adjacent farmland, rooting up
crops
and occasionally attacking lambs. This behaviour led to the
passing of a
"grice law" fining the owner £10 plus the cost of any damages
caused by rogue
grice. This was such a problem that the townspeople would refer to
their
damaged property as being "griced."[citation needed]
In the 1800s, landowners discouraged the keeping of swine on island
crofts. This, combined with the increasing import of other breeds
from the
Scottish mainland, resulted in a dwindling grice population, and by
the 1930s the
breed was extinct. The legacy of grice remains, however. The wild bulb
squill is known locally as grice's onions because it was a favorite
food of the
swine.[3]"
I bet it was a grice that started the Pig War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War
I like, "It's up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig."
There's a farmer who thinks like this in Imnaha.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/
critter_controversy_wandering.html
Merry everything to you all.
David Ritchie,
Portland,
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