Ram = Tup

Originally Posted by
skauwt
not all ewe`s get to see the ram , most rams as far as im aware are kept apart from the ewes till the right season and the first year or two is the best time to get the sheared wool as thats when its at its best quality
Just a little bit of Scottish language trivia: in many parts of Scotland and Northern England a ram is called a tup and this is also used as a verb. Therefore a "non-virgin lamb" would have been "tupped" and presumably non-Kosher.
"O, why the deuce should I repine, and be an ill foreboder?
I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!
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