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Herdwick

/ 藞丑蓽藧诲飞瑟办 /

noun

  1. a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Herdwick1

C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd 虏 (sense 1), wick 虏); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey
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The Herdwick ewe was trapped on a narrow ledge on the Great Orme, in Conwy county.

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He has nearly 150,000 followers, who check for his posts and postcard-perfect videos and photos of his idyllic home in England鈥檚 poetic Lake District and the doings of his beloved Herdwick sheep.

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Rebanks and his border collies tend four flocks totaling about 450 Herdwick sheep this summer.

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The Herdwick breed is some 10,000 years old and genetically it is still effectively wild, unlike other commercialised breeds, with 90% of its global population in Cumbria.

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As well as farming, Jo is also an artist and runs the Herdwick Experience where she teaches the intricacies of the breed and lets people interact with what she calls her "ambassadors".

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