lincelle
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I am looking for an epitaph for a huntsmans headstone , I read a really good one some time ago in a hound magazine but cant find it. can you help thanks
Huntsman's epitaph
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Clodagh
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Oh...have you read Wild Lone? Theres a great bit in there, my OH wants it on his, will go see if I can find it...(any excuse not to type the letters I'm meant to be doing!)...
Can't see it, will ask him when he comes in.
Why do you want one? The mind boggles! lol!
Can't see it, will ask him when he comes in.
Why do you want one? The mind boggles! lol!
custard
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How about "Gone to ground?" Dont think Im being sick I have a warped sense of humour, no offence intended
Ereiam_jh
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That's a good one CM!
So good I suspect it's maybe been used before.
So good I suspect it's maybe been used before.
custard
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As soon as i put it up i thought that but too late then, sorry!
Eagle_day
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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this:
"This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longs to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill."
"This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longs to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill."
Soggy1
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You could always try this one
'Twas from here that a huntsman undaunted
Went Home in his boots and his spurs.'
'Twas from here that a huntsman undaunted
Went Home in his boots and his spurs.'
Eagle_day
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That's Ogilvie isn't it? Here's another of his:
"Then, when you've laid me safe down there,
Give three view-holloas will shake the air,
And you'll know, if I do not lift my head,
There is no mistake-Tom Moody's dead!"
"Then, when you've laid me safe down there,
Give three view-holloas will shake the air,
And you'll know, if I do not lift my head,
There is no mistake-Tom Moody's dead!"
lincelle
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thank you for your help i will be carving a stone for our huntsmans grave and i wanted to put something fitting for the best best huntsman ever.
"When you go to heaven as all good huntsmen do,
There ll be a pack of foxhounds waiting there for you,
St Peter will be kind enough to pause upon his rounds,
And listen for a moment to the music of the hounds"
"When you go to heaven as all good huntsmen do,
There ll be a pack of foxhounds waiting there for you,
St Peter will be kind enough to pause upon his rounds,
And listen for a moment to the music of the hounds"
lincelle
New User
Thanks custardsmum ,That gave me a laugh our huntsman would have loved that .....
peakpark
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There was a lovely obituary many years ago in H & H which ended with the sentence,
'And may you find your heaven in a good grass country'.
'And may you find your heaven in a good grass country'.
redrum77
Member
'GONE AWAY,BUT NEVER FORGOTTON'
'MORNING DEW,RISING SUN,A RATTLING HORN
THE FOXHOUNDS RUN'
'THE HORSE LOVES THE HOUNDS AND HE LOVED THEM BOTH'
'MORNING DEW,RISING SUN,A RATTLING HORN
THE FOXHOUNDS RUN'
'THE HORSE LOVES THE HOUNDS AND HE LOVED THEM BOTH'
alec
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Its not he size of the dog in the fight
Its the size of the fight in the dog !
Its the size of the fight in the dog !