tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post1060406159962564553..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Reynard.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84931539776336572632010-07-26T05:45:26.647-07:002010-07-26T05:45:26.647-07:00OMG, that was a beautiful poem and for a good caus...OMG, that was a beautiful poem and for a good cause...Erratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-9914598556387157272010-07-19T16:39:38.782-07:002010-07-19T16:39:38.782-07:00I think that's probably a comment on your read...I think that's probably a comment on your readers Weaver! Not many true blues here! I have seen a hunt a couple of times and I did enjoy the spectacle but don't like the idea of the 'kill' at the end. Didn't we all know the Tories would repeal this bill? They always look after their own.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-20875042453933065142010-07-19T07:16:11.899-07:002010-07-19T07:16:11.899-07:00Seems that in blogland we are all pro-fox!Seems that in blogland we are all pro-fox!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39164795024814202010-07-18T13:05:24.097-07:002010-07-18T13:05:24.097-07:00the last time I saw a fox it was lying in a grass ...the last time I saw a fox it was lying in a grass verge, stretched out as if asleep, but its eyes dead and glassy, a red gash on its face.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65702966825126076352010-07-18T11:18:00.370-07:002010-07-18T11:18:00.370-07:00At one time this was probably a much needed way to...At one time this was probably a much needed way to control the fox and other animals but when you wipe-out one link in the chain. . . can anyone one say the plague ? <br />I side with the fox.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68879938593536488012010-07-18T10:11:16.188-07:002010-07-18T10:11:16.188-07:00Ask yourself this? What type of person enjoys watc...Ask yourself this? What type of person enjoys watching an animal being ripped apart. Psychopath is a word that comes to mind!rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56808191038401433072010-07-18T08:45:39.840-07:002010-07-18T08:45:39.840-07:00I have no experience at all with a hunt of any kin...I have no experience at all with a hunt of any kind, so feel unqualified to contribute to the discussion, except (and there's always a 'but', isn't there!?) that somehow, when natural predators disappear, there has to be a way to keep down the population of some wildlife.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-406562448036369822010-07-18T08:05:21.699-07:002010-07-18T08:05:21.699-07:00I side with the foxes and all other animals that a...I side with the foxes and all other animals that are hunted for pleasure. My sentiments were captured by a recent cartoon depicting a couple of deer facing several hunters with their weapons pointed toward the deer. One deer says to the other: "Why don't they thin out their own damn population?"Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73111967089576357002010-07-18T06:37:11.978-07:002010-07-18T06:37:11.978-07:00hello weaver - i'm not sure about the killing...hello weaver - i'm not sure about the killing of animals for pleasure. i know it's a piece of human history and especially that fox-hunting is a piece of countryside history but it seems so unnecessary. it's interesting to read people still ascribing human emotions to the actions of wild animals! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46904158812296350782010-07-18T05:30:37.509-07:002010-07-18T05:30:37.509-07:00I am so with you here. There is such a savagery in...I am so with you here. There is such a savagery in the relentless pursuit.Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36524322653417618182010-07-18T04:29:22.502-07:002010-07-18T04:29:22.502-07:00I grew up in the UK countryside and from an early ...I grew up in the UK countryside and from an early age I was aware of the "hunt". Mounted on their steeds, staring down their noses at us. Their visits to our village were dreaded by most people, their pack of hounds had not been fed for several days before the outing so they weren't particularly fussy about what they went after. They went where they liked causing a lot of damage and the police were reluctant to get invoved. There was usually a odd beagle or two wandering around after they had left which if returned to them were shot.<br />As the years went by it became a magnet for social climbers keen to show that they were better than the peasants.<br />I now live in the Czech Republic, foxes need to be controlled when they become a problem, they can be carriers of rabies but it is done without the snobbism of the English hunt...TrampTramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367405984066895755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27979295361729149132010-07-18T04:13:36.460-07:002010-07-18T04:13:36.460-07:00I have to agree, though I had been led to believe ...I have to agree, though I had been led to believe that all country folk were in favour of hunting.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15616208267609474802010-07-18T04:11:41.268-07:002010-07-18T04:11:41.268-07:00Thanks for that Denise - I love Charles Causley an...Thanks for that Denise - I love Charles Causley and didn't know that one - brilliant.Heather - yes, that is my view too - they do cause havoc and kill for pleasure - but then so do the huntsmen - it is always going to be divisive.<br />Poet - yes there is some truth in what you say - I suppose if one is a horse man/woman then there is pleasure to be had in galloping oer the fields. Our hunt always have a fence-repairer travelling with them so that they can mop up any damage to farmers' fields.<br />Gwei Mui - interesting comments too.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2801834879326357372010-07-18T03:37:38.677-07:002010-07-18T03:37:38.677-07:00I agree with your sentiments Weaver -even though I...I agree with your sentiments Weaver -even though I was brought up in the countryside and relatives on my father's side are farmers in Gloucestershire I've seen first hand the cruelty that is inflicted on the fox. I've also seen the devastation that the hunt causes to the farmers land!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75132468991595712122010-07-18T03:15:45.848-07:002010-07-18T03:15:45.848-07:00Weaver will correct me if I'm wrong,but here&#...Weaver will correct me if I'm wrong,but here's an observation: <br />Fox hunts would be a flop without the many female riders, can be 20 or 30, who follow the man with the horn and his 3 or 4 plum-faced and scarlet-jacketed companions and these riders are almost all young women dressed as it happens in a shade of funeral gray. I wonder what they get out of it, the young women I mean. I can understand a farmer with livestock wanting to get after a fox, but why the daughters of the local gentry? Can anybody tell me that?<br /><br />Excellent poem by the way, Weaver. That's a super poem from Mrs Nesbitt, too.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65776020062027996162010-07-18T02:54:38.191-07:002010-07-18T02:54:38.191-07:00I think I share your views Pat. I saw a fox the ot...I think I share your views Pat. I saw a fox the other evening just down the path from us, running between two rows of houses toward the little wood on the edge of our development. They are beautiful animals but I shall never forget the awful sight when I drew the curtains one morning years ago and saw what remained of our neighbours six geese. It wouldn't have been so bad if the fox had taken them to eat, but it just seemed to enjoy killing them.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35290675165485648362010-07-18T02:53:51.840-07:002010-07-18T02:53:51.840-07:00Yes I agree entirely. There is a hunt in our villa...Yes I agree entirely. There is a hunt in our village and I despise the pomp, the whole thing! One of my all time favourite poems has to be this one....<br /><br /><br /><br />Jolly Hunter by Charles Causley <br /><br />I saw a jolly hunter<br />I saw a jolly hunter<br />with a jolly gun<br />Walking in the country<br />In the jolly sun<br /><br />In the jolly meadow<br />sat a jolly hare<br />saw the jolly hunter<br />took jolly care<br /><br />Hunter jolly eager<br />sight of jolly prey<br />forgot gun pointing<br />wrong jolly way(!)<br /><br />Jolly hunter jolly head<br />over heels gone<br />jolly old safety catch<br />not jolly on!<br /><br />Bang! went the jolly gun<br />Hunter jolly dead<br />Jolly prey* got clean away<br />Jolly good I saidmrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.com