The ivied walls, and purplish roof lichened yellow in places, the quiet meadows harbouring ponies and kine, reaching from it to the sea-all was mellow. Judith had made clear to them, long since, that whatever disputes she might have with aspects of their beliefs and customs, she was a firm believer in the Biblical precept about not muzzling the kine that tread the grain. Trees, kine, and the outlines of barns showed shadowy about them when they alighted, and Mr. Scottish war, and count the kine and plough the fields like peasants, while our peers are charging on the pagan, and the banners wave, and the blood runs red upon the holy sands of Palestine? There had been few real halts to the production of food crops and kine husbandry, and such shortages of foodstuffs as had occurred in the land had been caused not by the lack but by the fully understandable reluctance of folk to transport it to or even near the stricken centers of population. The galleys nibbled hard at the coasts of Kennedy lands, raiding, looting, burning, killing, raping, destroying standing crops, and slaying all kine they did not bear away. The terrifying word of them flew before them, and the strong and able either fled or took to their keeps or mottes or fortified steadings with all their retainers, kindred, and kine, while the weak and helpless rushed to join immediately they came in proximity to the red-handed worshipers of the Mother. Yoked kine bawled in confusion and were whipped all the harder by their sweating, frustrated drivers. Tell, ancient hedger of Onchestus green, Whether a drove of kine has passed this way, All heifers with crooked horns? Three days hence is the hosting, and thither bear along Your wains and your kine for the slaughter lest the journey should be long.Īnd here the breath of kine And sheep grew more sweet by that breath of thine.
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