Old Sayings

[Saltmoon 2,208]

I've heard a few old sayings but this one has me questioning it. Rabbit and sheep dont mix...... I live on the edge of a sheep farm which I'm told used to be moving with bunnys but there are literly no rabbits there anymore? Any ideas or is the saying true? Cheers

[nothernlite 18,080]

No

[Busher100 739]

I think the saying means rabbits and sheep are not good together as rabbits eat alot of the grazing. It doesn't mean rabbits will stray away from areas heavy with livestock as one farm I have permission on is a sheep farm and it's my best spot for bunnys

[taff in oz 5]

Pretty sure it used to be said that 3 rabbits eat the equivalent amount of grass as 1 sheep

[Busher100 739]

It's supposedly 6.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

It's supposedly 6.

 

I heard it was twenty.

[Busher100 739]

I dont think its that many mate but i could be wrong

[Astanley 11,568]

Its 13 1\2 actually

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Its 13 1\2 actually

 

 

But the half eats as much as two medium goats so it can get confusing.

[Dinosaurs 2,044]

I thought it was 2 hares eat as much as a sheep no idea how that relates to rabbit equivalent. Atb

[mattyg 1,862]

6 rabbits eat enough grass to fill 2 Olympic pools or London buses but not enough to fill 5 Wembley stabiums. I think that clears that up!

Matt

[Aussie Whip 4,097]

Rabbit and sheep don't mix,might mean in a hot pot,which would be true for me as I don't like either meats.

[Penda 3,341]

This brings us to my question what came 1st the chicken or the egg ?

[Whitebuck 145]

If you stuck your arse out the window, could you go outside and push it back in?

[mushroom 12,919]

If you take more than you need, you will starve your children; aboriginal saying I heard somewhere (or words to that effect)

 

Old Lancashire saying;

If your are not in by t'time street lamps come on, thy locked out with a belt; my mum circa 1986