hollyandivy123
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i thought it was just me about blackberry coats everyone thinks i am mad!
Old horse sayings!!!
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emmiec12
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my favourite 3:
1) only a dead horse does not kick....
2) handsome is as handsome does....
3) it's a long way from his heart..... (still hear this a lot out hunting)!
1) only a dead horse does not kick....
2) handsome is as handsome does....
3) it's a long way from his heart..... (still hear this a lot out hunting)!
f_s_
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Then there's always:
Horses for courses
Don't be blinded by colour
and the strangest one!!!! (I originally come from the home of old horse sayings btw!!!)
The hind shoe from a grey mare is a luck gift to the newly weds!!
Horses for courses
Don't be blinded by colour
and the strangest one!!!! (I originally come from the home of old horse sayings btw!!!)
The hind shoe from a grey mare is a luck gift to the newly weds!!
RachelB
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The hind shoe from a grey mare is a luck gift to the newly weds!!
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Genius - my horse is being shod today, does that mean I can save both hind shoes and have wedding presents sorted for my two friends getting married this year??!
The hind shoe from a grey mare is a luck gift to the newly weds!!
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Genius - my horse is being shod today, does that mean I can save both hind shoes and have wedding presents sorted for my two friends getting married this year??!
f_s_
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'Fraid so!!! I'd clean them first though!!!!
Don't know how pleased they'd be to receive them!!! You might be having the wedding breakfast out with the caterers!!!!!
Don't know how pleased they'd be to receive them!!! You might be having the wedding breakfast out with the caterers!!!!!
happyhack
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost. For want of a horseshoe, the steed was lost. For want of a steed, the message was not delivered. For want of an undelivered message, the war was lost
For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost. For want of a horseshoe, the steed was lost. For want of a steed, the message was not delivered. For want of an undelivered message, the war was lost
minesadouble
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I have a somewhat harsher version of the 'white socks' one
No white socks buy him
One white sock try him
two white socks leave him alone
Three white socks stay at home
Four white socks and a white nose shoot him, skin him and feed him to the crows!!
"You can tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion' - very true.
Bump between the eyes is called the 'mad bump' - have to say I have had two horses with bump between the eyes and saying proved true!
'Fools breed horses for wise men to ride' - also true!!!!
No white socks buy him
One white sock try him
two white socks leave him alone
Three white socks stay at home
Four white socks and a white nose shoot him, skin him and feed him to the crows!!
"You can tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion' - very true.
Bump between the eyes is called the 'mad bump' - have to say I have had two horses with bump between the eyes and saying proved true!
'Fools breed horses for wise men to ride' - also true!!!!
merlinsquest
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I have a somewhat harsher version of the 'white socks' one
No white socks buy him
One white sock try him
two white socks leave him alone
Three white socks stay at home
Four white socks and a white nose shoot him, skin him and feed him to the crows!!
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Bloody hell, I shall tell merlin this when I see him later
I have a somewhat harsher version of the 'white socks' one
No white socks buy him
One white sock try him
two white socks leave him alone
Three white socks stay at home
Four white socks and a white nose shoot him, skin him and feed him to the crows!!
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Bloody hell, I shall tell merlin this when I see him later
RachelB
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"You can tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion' - very true.
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I'm not so sure on this one - I know some geldings you have to ask, some mares you have to discuss things with (and mine is the only one I have ever been able to tell to do something!) and I have sat on two stallions... one I asked very politely and hoped to hell that he agreed, and the other I had to tell or nothing would happen!
I suppose it's a good rule though to remember that stallions aren't the only entire horses subjected to their hormones as well as our riding them
"You can tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion' - very true.
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I'm not so sure on this one - I know some geldings you have to ask, some mares you have to discuss things with (and mine is the only one I have ever been able to tell to do something!) and I have sat on two stallions... one I asked very politely and hoped to hell that he agreed, and the other I had to tell or nothing would happen!
I suppose it's a good rule though to remember that stallions aren't the only entire horses subjected to their hormones as well as our riding them
sarah23
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Horses with big ears are honest
Horses with that show alot of white around the eyes are not genuine
These are a bit of a generalisation although I do agree with the big ears in my experience.
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My mare has the biggest ears going (no shes not a donkey
) she is also walled eyed so what does that make her
Horses with big ears are honest
Horses with that show alot of white around the eyes are not genuine
These are a bit of a generalisation although I do agree with the big ears in my experience.
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My mare has the biggest ears going (no shes not a donkey
tinawales
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"The eye of the master maketh the horse fat" - Arab proverb.
f_s_
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That's really interesting, perhaps we should have a thread of horse sayings from other countries!
These are great, and making my brain work today thinking of the reasons behind them
These are great, and making my brain work today thinking of the reasons behind them
auntyfred
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A good horse is never a bad colour.
My least favourite is coloured horses, but would have bought the one I looked after last year . He was fantastic we really clicked.
My least favourite is coloured horses, but would have bought the one I looked after last year . He was fantastic we really clicked.
f_s_
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Actually, that is one saying that I would agree with
I know buying horses comes down to personal tastes on colour, breed, type etc, but a good horse, with good confirmation, nice feet,a good temperament, and fit for the job it's expected to do, should not be judged on it's colour
I know buying horses comes down to personal tastes on colour, breed, type etc, but a good horse, with good confirmation, nice feet,a good temperament, and fit for the job it's expected to do, should not be judged on it's colour
_April_
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What a brilliant post!
I am a bridesmaid later this year and I think Tara will be contributing a hind shoe for the bride!
Will clean it up and make it all pretty
I am a bridesmaid later this year and I think Tara will be contributing a hind shoe for the bride!
Will clean it up and make it all pretty
silverbreeze
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On black horses: Make sure they have a bit of white to let the devil out.
not sure of the exact saying but I like it, my mare didn't have enough white in hind site! One small white splash on her back leg left too much devil behind!
not sure of the exact saying but I like it, my mare didn't have enough white in hind site! One small white splash on her back leg left too much devil behind!
natalia
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"You can tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion' - very true.
I really really believe this one! But there are some mares you have to discuss with also!
I really really believe this one! But there are some mares you have to discuss with also!
stacey_lou
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Call me thick but why are horses called 'GG's? I have never known why am sure when I hear why Ill feel completly stupid but hey lol
f_s_
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I haven't a clue but what a brilliant question??
I'm sure someone will know on here
I'm sure someone will know on here
Aru
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My granddad used to say that "Ever horse regardless of how good has at least one fault"he was always delighted when ppl told him that one fault was somthing simple like hard to catch or a bit of a twat to tie but he hated to hear that horse was perfect in all ways and reckoned the seller was either lying or didnt no the horse
Funny old man
not sure how much i trusy his saying tho id say most horses have more than a few quirks!
Funny old man
not sure how much i trusy his saying tho id say most horses have more than a few quirks!
Aru
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and that a mangy looking colt will often make a grand horse its all about the bone
Dunno if he was right about the last one but he always had nice plough horses..
and of course "youll never make a racehorse out of a donkey!"
Dunno if he was right about the last one but he always had nice plough horses..
and of course "youll never make a racehorse out of a donkey!"
f_s_
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I like the
"you'll never make a racehorse out of a donkey" LOL
in our house they always say
"you can't make a silk purse out a sow's ear"
I love these sayings
"you'll never make a racehorse out of a donkey" LOL
in our house they always say
"you can't make a silk purse out a sow's ear"
I love these sayings
Lobelia_Overhill
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i thought it was
one white foot buy a horse
two white feet try a horse
three white feet look well about him
and four white feet do well without him
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means the same thing tho'
I never thought about it having anything to do with mud fever, how do grey horses manage?!
i thought it was
one white foot buy a horse
two white feet try a horse
three white feet look well about him
and four white feet do well without him
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means the same thing tho'
I never thought about it having anything to do with mud fever, how do grey horses manage?!
GatefieldHorses
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" No such thing as a bad Dun"... Ive seen a few and tend to agree.
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We have had 3 duns....2 being physco 1 bein the opposite and a right lazy donkey!
" No such thing as a bad Dun"... Ive seen a few and tend to agree.
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We have had 3 duns....2 being physco 1 bein the opposite and a right lazy donkey!
f_s_
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That's the whole point about these old sayings, you have to take them with a pinch of salt!
Some are good old fashioned common sense but others make no sense at all!
eg: "A pint of blood is worth an inch of bone"
I can understand that blood may give more stamina, speed etc in breeding but, plenty of "bone" horses carry much more weight,/are just as fleet of foot etc. Can you see what i mean?
Some are good old fashioned common sense but others make no sense at all!
eg: "A pint of blood is worth an inch of bone"
I can understand that blood may give more stamina, speed etc in breeding but, plenty of "bone" horses carry much more weight,/are just as fleet of foot etc. Can you see what i mean?
3BayGeldings
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Call me thick but why are horses called 'GG's? I have never known why am sure when I hear why Ill feel completly stupid but hey lol
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Apparently...
" The word used to direct a horse simply came to apply to the horse. Children in the early 19th century saw horses on a daily basis, in many cases. The youngest children, just learning to speak, would hear men shouting "Gee!" to their horses, and so they, very logically for children, applied that word to the animal. It became gee-gee after the pattern of other children's words for animals, such as bow-wow for dog and kitty cat for cat, though it was still found as gee alone, as well. The earliest record of the gee-gee usage is 1869, and this one is from 1886: "To carry two heavy boys... on his back, pretending that he was a gee-gee.""
From yahoo answers!
Call me thick but why are horses called 'GG's? I have never known why am sure when I hear why Ill feel completly stupid but hey lol
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Apparently...
" The word used to direct a horse simply came to apply to the horse. Children in the early 19th century saw horses on a daily basis, in many cases. The youngest children, just learning to speak, would hear men shouting "Gee!" to their horses, and so they, very logically for children, applied that word to the animal. It became gee-gee after the pattern of other children's words for animals, such as bow-wow for dog and kitty cat for cat, though it was still found as gee alone, as well. The earliest record of the gee-gee usage is 1869, and this one is from 1886: "To carry two heavy boys... on his back, pretending that he was a gee-gee.""
From yahoo answers!
nick3216
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It costs as much to keep a bad 'un as a good 'un.