'Is my team ploughing. 

 That I was used to drive. 

 And hear the harness jingle. 

 When I was man alive?' 



A. E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad 



In the days of William the Conqueror it was forbidden by law to use the horse for ploughing. 

 The horse was considered too noble for such menial work; even in Victoria's reign oxen 

 could still be seen dragging the plough. 



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