medieval ox handling rules……

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  • January 23, 2010 at 9:02 pm #41341
    clayfoot-sandyman
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    “The ploughman must drive his oxen evenly, niether smiting, pricking nor grieving them. He should not be melancholy or wrathful, but cheerful, jocund and full of song. By melody and song, the oxen rejoice in their labour. He should bring fodder with his own hands and love his oxen and sleep with them by night, tickling and combing and rubbing them with straw.”

    Thirteenth Century Manorial Rules

    Ah, the good ol’ days, when a ploughman would share a stable with his oxen…..!

    January 24, 2010 at 10:59 am #57219
    mother katherine
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    I love it!! Thanks for putting this up. Sounds like my kind of life.
    oxnun

    January 25, 2010 at 5:47 pm #57218
    Vicki
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    Thanks, this is great! I do a medieval recreation with my oxen. I’ll use this quote. Where/how did you find it?

    January 25, 2010 at 8:47 pm #57220
    clayfoot-sandyman
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    Hi Vicki, it came from a funny little pamphlet/book called ‘how to rear a happy pig’ by Pickpocket books http://www.pickpocketbooks.co.uk/
    and includes advice on keeping oxen, pigs, husbands, parsons, God and the squire happy! All drawn from sources from 14th – 18th century.
    Medieval recreation sounds interesting.

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