i66 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE. 1800— 1900 



The ancient methods of sheep scoring are almost obsolete, and but 

 few of the farmers remember them. Two of the commonest in use in 

 the county were : — 



1 Yen. 6 Haata. 11 Yan-a-dick. 



2 Taen. 7 Slaata. 12 Taen-a-dick. 



3 Tedderte. 8 Lowra. 13 Tedder-a-dick. 



4 Meddert. 9 Dowra. 14 Medder-a-dick. 



5 Pimp. 10 Dick. 15 Mimph. 



16 Yan-a-mimph. 



17 Taen-a-mimph. 



18 Tedder-a-mimph. 



19 Medder-a-mimph. 



20 Gigget. 



1 Yan. 



2 Tyan. 



3 Tethera. 



4 Methera. 



5 Pimp. 



6 Sethera. 



7 Lethera. 



8 Hovera. 



9 Dovera. 

 10 Dick. 



11 Yan-a-dick. 



12 Tyan-a-dick. 



13 Tether-a-dick. 



14 Mether-a-dick. 



15 Bumfit. 



16 Yan-a-b\imfit. 



17 Tyan-a-bumfit. 



18 Tether-a-bumfit. 



19 Mether-a-bumfit. 



20 Giggot. 



Another variation, 

 recorded in 1874 by A. 

 Society : — 



I 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



from the 

 J. Ellis 



Yaan. 



Tyaan. 



Taed'ere. 



Mead'ere. 



Mimp. 



Haites. 



Saites. 



8 Haoves. 



9 Daoves. 

 10 Dik. 



Kirkby Lonsdale district, was 

 in a paper before the Philological 



11 Yaan'edik. 



12 Tyaan'edik. 



13 Tead'eredik. 



14 Mead'eredik. 



15 Boon buom buum. 



16 Yaan'eboon. 



17 Tyaan'eboon. 



18 Tead'ereboon. 



19 Mead'ereboon. 



20 Buom'fit buum'fit. 



From the middle of October till the same time in November, 

 when the weather was mild, the old operation of hand shedding and 

 salving or smearing the sheep took place. The usual composition of 

 the salve was 16 lbs. of butter to 4 quarts of tar, this quantity was 

 sufficient to salve 35 to 40 sheep at a cost of about 6d. per head. The 

 tar used for the purpose came from America, and was called " roany," 

 being of a fat unctuous nature of the consistence of very thick molasses, 

 the constituents were well mixed together and formed a stiff fluid 

 kind of ointment. Round Kirkby Stephen the operation was performed 

 with oil and tallow at a cost of about 4d. per head. The operation 

 was started by the smearer dividing and opening the fleece along the 

 back, laying the skin bare and applying the salve with his forefinger 



