Have you heard of this saying?

[vld 62]

Hi all,

I was in a game fair last year when a lovely old man can up and started petting my dog and having a chat.

 

As he was leaving he said something along the lines of nice dog that "head like a snake, neck like a drake, feet like a cat and tail like a rat" if I heard him properly

 

Has anyone heard of this before? When did the saying first come about, which part of the country did it originate, who started it off?

 

What does the head like a snake and neck like a drake bit mean?

 

Just interested thats all - so no abuse pls!

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Hi all,

I was in a game fair last year when a lovely old man can up and started petting my dog and having a chat.

 

As he was leaving he said something along the lines of nice dog that "head like a snake, neck like a drake, feet like a cat and tail like a rat" if I heard him properly

 

Has anyone heard of this before? When did the saying first come about, which part of the country did it originate, who started it off?

 

What does the head like a snake and neck like a drake bit mean?

 

Just interested thats all - so no abuse pls!

Kinda speaks for itself mate

[artic 595]

Plummers famous words. You forgot "Sided like a bream"

[colint5 47]

back like a beam too

[chartpolski 23,739]

Plummers famous words. You forgot "Sided like a bream"

 

 

A bit before Plummers time, it was actualy a poem by a 15th century Lady, describing a Greyhound.

 

Cheers.

[3 Turns 326]

BACK LIKE A BEAM.

SIDES LIKE A BREAM.

FEET LIKE A CAT.

TAIL LIKE A RAT.

EARS LIKE A BAT.

NECK LIKE A DRAKE.

THE OLDEST RECIPE FOR THE BEST LURCHER OUT THERE.NOT ALWAYS TRUE THOUGH.HAHA ATB.

[artic 595]

Plummers famous words. You forgot "Sided like a bream"

 

 

A bit before Plummers time, it was actualy a poem by a 15th century Lady, describing a Greyhound.

 

Cheers.

 

Really?

 

Plummer was my idol.....what a fraudster!

 

[johnny boy68 11,726]

My bitch got ears like a bat

[colint5 47]

i think plummer quoted that in one of his books, got it somewhere ,cant remember which one though. still a good way to describe a greyhound though

[chartpolski 23,739]

Link to the full poem,

 

http://chestofbooks.com/animals/dogs/British-Dog-Shows/The-Greyhound-Part-3.html

 

Cheers.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Plummers famous words. You forgot "Sided like a bream"

 

 

A bit before Plummers time, it was actualy a poem by a 15th century Lady, describing a Greyhound.

 

Cheers.

 

Really?

 

Plummer was my idol.....what a fraudster!

 

No wonder you talk so much crap sometimes

[vld 62]

Link to the full poem,

 

http://chestofbooks....und-Part-3.html

 

Cheers.

 

Thanks to all who have replied - really interesting - thanks to this link to the full poem - really enjoyed reading the original - excellent - liked the bit about their development in years 1 to 10 also in poem format!

[3 Turns 326]

Link to the full poem,

 

http://chestofbooks.com/animals/dogs/British-Dog-Shows/The-Greyhound-Part-3.html

 

Cheers.

CHEERS MATE GOOD READ/ATB.

[cocker 2,654]

that poem was out before plummer was an embryo, to be exact it was wrote in the boke of saint albans 1480,

[foxfan 479]

that poem was out before plummer was an embryo, to be exact it was wrote in the boke of saint albans 1480,

 

Correct.

 

An even earlier one gives the best description of a course iv ever heard.

I think it was about 12th century.

 

As when thy impatient greyhound slipped from afar

Bounds o'er the glade to course the fearful hare

 

She in her speed does all her safety lie

He with double speed pursues his prey

 

Over runs her at the sitting turn

Yet licks his chaps in vain

But blows upon the flux

 

She seeks the shelter that the neighbouring covert gives

And gaining it she doubts if yet she lives.