[Sca-cooks] sheep carts?

[Ian Kusz]

I think this is a baaaaad idea.

Ramming speed, Mr. Sulu.

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> Adamantius mentioned:
> <<< I guess one could argue that making a haggis without having access to
> freshly slaughtered sheep parts is sort of like putting the cart before the
> sheep anyway, so by extension, a lot of what might have been seen as
> sacrosanct could be... well... reexamined. >>>
>
> In period we had dog and goat carts as well as horse carts. Oxen were also
> used to pull wagons and carts. And I assume water buffalo in places like
> southern Italy that had them.
>
> So, do we have any evidence of sheep carts or of sheep pulling carts? Or is
> there some reason that sheep won't pull or can't be used to pull carts?
>
> Stefan
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