Lough Erne Rising

Well, here I stand wet and bewildered by the unfair amount of rain that has been landing on me both day and night. Truly, I am expecting the Lough to rise up and meet me at the gate and wash me away into the Shannon, or out to sea, which ever way the current takes me!

True the grass here is lush and the greenest green I've ever seen, but it's too soggy for me...

Lough Erne consists of two lakes/loughs/lochs, Lower and Upper Lough Erne

The Lower Lough is the wide bit at the top of Lough Erne and the Upper Lough is the bit at the bottom of the Erne! Why?! The bottom of the Lower Lough is further below the surface of the water than the Upper Lough, who's bottom is much closer to the water surface that the other. I wonder who took the trouble to do the measuring?

Horse Sense

You Two-legs use lots of human words to describe us equines and our behaviour: most of which are incorrect, at least to an equines' understanding. Here are a few that spring to mind.

Flint

Barn Sour - An affliction common to horse people in northern climates during No-Grass (winter months). Trudging through deep snow, pushing wheelbarrows through snow and beating out frozen water buckets tend to bring on this condition rapidly.

Hock - The financial condition that a horse owner goes into

Lameness - The condition of most two-legs after the first few rides each year; can be a chronic condition in weekend riders.

Race - What a two-leg's heart does heart does when they see the vet bill.

Endurance ride - The end result when a horse spooks and runs away with a two-legs in the woods.

Saddle - An expensive leather two-legs contraption manufactured to give them a false sense of     security. Comes in many styles, all feature built-in ejector seats.

Withers - The reason you'll seldom see a man riding bareback.

Colt - What a mare always gives you when you want a filly.

Gallop- The customary gait a horse chooses when returning to the stable.

Head Tosser - A blonde-haired two-legs who wears "labled" boots while working in the stable

Manure spreader - Horse traders

Lunging - A training method a horse uses on its two-legs with the purpose of making the poor soul spin in circles-rendering the two-legs dizzy, so they get sick and pass out, thus the successful horse trainer can go back to grazing.

Two-legs says she's going to rename me!

                                      I am not feeling the best today. 

It started off fair enough, but  then Two-legs called to take me out.  I wasn't much in the mood for going anywhere so I plodded along slowly, hoping that if I went slow enough Two-legs would get the hint and head back for home. She got so frustrated with me and swore that she was going to rename me!

The first sign of "No-Grass"(Autumn)

I've had my name all my life and I've gotten very fond of it, so why would she want to do such a thing? She says she's going to call me “Flattery”, because Flattery gets you nowhere! I'll not answer to that! Wish there was a grape vine growing beside these blackberries...

Regurgitating an old joke

Flint

Two Irish Cobs met at the local watering hole one evening. They got to discussing the week’s events and Rosco asked Flint about an old horse, who had fallen ill. 

“Ah sure,” says Flint, “The veterinarian came out this week and said we had to put him down.” 

“That’s a shame,” said Rosco, “and did he shoot him straight away?” 

"Well,” says Flint, “First he said we should dig a great big hole for the Ol' horse. It was then he got out the gun.”

“And did he shoot him in the hole?” asked Rosco. 

Taken on a hack to Castle Archdale

“No, no – he shot him in the head,” said Flint.