The Fuzzy Furry
Old Timer
I'm very aware of that being the norm in places, however at this yard, there was no turnout. They all had a minimum 2 week break at grass a few miles away. We used to pop them in the indoor school for a leg stretch.
Terminology?
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Pearlsasinger
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And I'm just a few years younger than your mum, in W.Yorks, so not that regional!
I wonder if this is a 'recollections may vary' situation, lol!
Sanversera
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The point being we called the farrier "blacksmith". I'm phoning the blacksmith to come and shoe the pony. Related to this we never said the pony was "shod". Always "shoed" . this is because everyone thought we were saying "shot" thought we'd had our horse or pony shot! We never used the Term farrier until the 1980s. Even the local riding school said blacksmith. This was Lancashire near Oldham in the 1960 s and 70 s.
Sanversera
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I still use the term set fair.
Sanversera
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Going back to farriers/ blacksmiths. I used to ring Paul Jackson,who I think is now still living and in his 80s, and say something like,hi is that the blacksmith? My pony needs new shoes can you come and shoe him? Or take the pony to Oak hill riding school in the school holidays for the Guilfoils father and son to shoe. Only had a set of shoes every twelve weeks or so as no one had much money. Rode in a headcollar or bridle as no money for a saddle. As kids we had great fun in the holidays being out all day with the pony,me and my friends. I remember Paul Jackson turning up with a big sticker along his van windscreen saying Registered Farrier. Farrier was a term in books and for posh people as far as we were concerned. Registration of Farriers had just come in ,was it 1976? We had to start calling them farriers then. We thought it very grand. Just makes me think how times have changed,there were no horse dentists or physios or bean people. Yet the ponies seemed to do ok and have less injuries and problems. I think they got more exercise,no trailers which we called horseboxes btw. Had to ride to local shows,ride for miles and return home dirty and tired but happy.
Pearlsasinger
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Whereas to me a headstall is the part of a bridle which the broadband fits onto. I'm pretty sure that somewhere I've got a book with a diagram of parts of a bridle with the headstall marked. It seems to be called the headpiece these days.Oh my gosh head stalls! That’s what my dad calls them! I’ve spent 30 years resisting the urge to correct him
Sanversera
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Straw used to be a lot longer than it is now. You plaited it to keep the front edge neat and stop it falling out of the door.
poiuytrewq
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Wouldn’t everyone “quarter” any way in winter especially with a clipped horse but not maybe know that it was called that.
I wouldn’t ever say I quarter my horse but I certainly keep the bits I can covered when it’s cold .
The chilled water thing, I would have had absolutely NO idea it meant chill taken off! In fact I’d have thought the very opposite
I wouldn’t ever say I quarter my horse but I certainly keep the bits I can covered when it’s cold .
The chilled water thing, I would have had absolutely NO idea it meant chill taken off! In fact I’d have thought the very opposite
moosea
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In the very olden days ( older than me even!) houses used to have straw laid on the floor and would put a piece of wood in the doorway to stop the straw from coming out of their homes.
This is how entrance doors got a 'thresh hold'
rabatsa
Confuddled
All my stables have a piece of scaffold board across them. Not only does it help prevent the bedding getting dragged out of the stable, it also helps cut down draughts coming in under the bottom door.
lynz88
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A halter is any of those in Canada and the US
NightStock
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A friend of mine from work is living in Birmingham, although originally from Pakistan, and is desperate to learn to ride. So for secret santa I send him a 2nd hand, very old horse riding manual that I thought had nice diagrams in it as well as basic instruction, this thread has made me wonder about the terminology he may learn and what a surprise it could be for the instructor when he books in for lessons? 
I did know quartering and 'thatching', from BHS traditionally trained instructors I had as a kid.
I did know quartering and 'thatching', from BHS traditionally trained instructors I had as a kid.
Caski
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Along with making a straw wisp, a bygone skill, haven't tried either!
rabatsa
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I only made a full wisp once, however I made a lot of quick ones which were simply an overhand knot or two in the straw rope.
Jenko109
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I always find the halter conversation fascinating.
I have used halters since forever. Proper rope halters.
Perhaps it is more common in native pony circles?
I have used halters since forever. Proper rope halters.
Perhaps it is more common in native pony circles?
Skib
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I was told that the choice of rope or leather for a halter in USA depended on the availability and cost of the materials. My pic of a mounted policemen in Fort Worth in 2005 shows a blue webbing halter under the leather bridle.
New Forests Rock
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OK, showing my age here 
- all of the following were part of my childhood - quartering, thatching under a string vest sweat rug, whisping, strapping, boiling linseed for bran mashes, feeding bruised oats, only wormer available came in a packet of granules, jute stable rugs, stiff canvas NZ rugs, sausage boots, exercise bandages over gamgee for Hunter Trials - the list goes on...........
- all of the following were part of my childhood - quartering, thatching under a string vest sweat rug, whisping, strapping, boiling linseed for bran mashes, feeding bruised oats, only wormer available came in a packet of granules, jute stable rugs, stiff canvas NZ rugs, sausage boots, exercise bandages over gamgee for Hunter Trials - the list goes on...........humblepie
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OK, showing my age here
Had forgotten wormers in granules. I used to sew the edges of gamgee to go under exercise bandages to make it last longer.
rabatsa
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Thibendazole wormer masquerading as pony nuts that nothing would eat.
eggs
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Sadly I remember all of these. Frisk wormer granules were bright blue as were the bottles of colic drench.OK, showing my age here
FieldOrnaments
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This thread is fascinating, though I think some of it may be regional linguistic differences versus historic....I just thought set fair was a northern term. But to me farriers shoe horses and only shoe horses; blacksmiths are metal workers but may have historically made horseshoes, before farrier became a legally protected title.
When plaitinh beds was it done with the pitchfork or hands? That I hadn't heard of but it sounds genius for stopping mess
When plaitinh beds was it done with the pitchfork or hands? That I hadn't heard of but it sounds genius for stopping mess
Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
We don't have native ponies ( well we did have a Welsh Sec A yrs ago) but I much prefer to use a rope halter for everything except tying up to travel. I rarely if ever tie up for anything else. I much prefer the control that a halter gives you and I don't mean thise Dually things which are made of thin twine. Ours are more like cow halters.
rabatsa
Confuddled
For my first 15 years of horse ownership my blacksmith was also my farrier. Horses/ponies taken to the forge would stand in the road and the place was full of metal work of all kinds, from machinery parts to fancy gates. He was never called farrier by anyone local, always a blacksmith. It was a fantastic place with a telephone. Anyone passing in the street would answer it and fetch him from the house if it was necessary to have him speak, otherwise the message was written on the chalk board or relayed to him by mouth. There was always a gaggle of old chaps sitting around on drums or anvils, having a chin wag and warm up near the forge.
The ponies were ridden to the forge for hot shoeing or someone collected the farrier in their car for cold shoeing. He had a ready made set of shoes for each animal, labelled on a rack at the back of the forge, each one hand made and I cannot remember any cold shoes not fitting, he did not have a fancy mobile forge, only a small anvil and big hammer.
He started me off by having me remove shoes from a pony while he shod the rest. Once I could have that done before he had finished, he taught me how to trim the feet. I had got fast enough at that so he said that the next visit he would show me how to nail on the shoes. Unfortunately he had a heart attack and had to stop work. A few months later the farrier act came in. Apparently if I had nailed a shoe on with him I could have had grandfather rights to shoe. As it is the only shoes I ever nailed on were in Spain, when I was working at a trekking place one summer.
The ponies were ridden to the forge for hot shoeing or someone collected the farrier in their car for cold shoeing. He had a ready made set of shoes for each animal, labelled on a rack at the back of the forge, each one hand made and I cannot remember any cold shoes not fitting, he did not have a fancy mobile forge, only a small anvil and big hammer.
He started me off by having me remove shoes from a pony while he shod the rest. Once I could have that done before he had finished, he taught me how to trim the feet. I had got fast enough at that so he said that the next visit he would show me how to nail on the shoes. Unfortunately he had a heart attack and had to stop work. A few months later the farrier act came in. Apparently if I had nailed a shoe on with him I could have had grandfather rights to shoe. As it is the only shoes I ever nailed on were in Spain, when I was working at a trekking place one summer.
little_critter
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I must admit that while I know the difference between a halter and a headcollar I tend to use the terms interchangeably.
little_critter
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I bedded on straw until a few months ago and having put the bed down I would walk round the stable and have an experimental stab with the pitchfork to check it was deep enough.Ooooh yes! I remember this, a very sharp reprimand if a nice fresh bed failed that test.
I probably look like a dog circling in their bed before they lie down!
onemoretime
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I still say blacksmith quite often but Im old
onemoretime
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I remember Equizole wormer they were like pony nuts and came in a tub.OK, showing my age here
Gloi
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Mine would. He'd eat anything.
outdoor girl
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How about vinegar and whiting mixed to make a cooling paste for tendons. Spreading kaolin poultice out of a tin on to brown paper and then heating it up under the grill! You really had to be careful the paper didn't catch fire and then you had to wait until the kaolin was cool enough to put on the wound.
onemoretime
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I remember using vinegar for cooling the legs.