Sheep in British Folklore & Superstition 

Took a lot of hours to research and make this, but I think it's came out well. Long live the countryside! If you enjoy my content and would like to support my work, you can help me out via PayPal, which is much appreciated: www.paypal.com/paypalme/dukeofavalon?locale.x=en_GB

Aw, that lock of wool in the coffin of a shepherd just touches my heart.

Made me cry again! Such beautiful paintings, music and sentiment 💜 Thank you

These vids make a refreshing break from recent news of the state of the west and shows us we have a solid history on these islands. Thank you.

This just made my wifes day... brilliant as always man.

I really loved this one as I am a textile artist and work most often with sheep wool - it's wonderful to hear about this folklore, most of which I had never heard before. Thank you for sharing!

I'm so glad I found your work. I thoroughly enjoy every video you produce.

I've been reading the Tiffany Aching series from Terry Pratchett lately. Alongside folklore and research etc. It really emphasizes how much the shepherds had a distinct culture and customs. Thanks for this because I probably never would've known about most of this. Save the Baa baa black sheep rhyme as that one made it to America and I learned it as a child.

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Hi Duke, thoroughly enjoyed this one and absolutely love the artwork you have put together here to tell the story. Great work! I'm someone who doesn't mind being stopped on the road by sheep too! Cheers, Kitty.

Great video. I'll be getting goats and hopefully a couple of pigs next year, not enough grazing in the woods for sheep, but fantastic animals..

U r playing my favourite piece of music ever written.... What a breath of fresh air u r..💚

I love sheep too. I was born not too far away from the Lakes. 🥰

Who would have thought that a video about sheep could be so engaging. Well done again Duke. Always happy to see a new video from you.

My nephew was a Shearer and at his funeral,four years ago there were swatches of unspun wool placed with him. I sincerely hope that it might have helped his case. Thankyou for keeping the old ways alive.

They are awesome sheep and they are so warm and soft I would love to one day see them cross the road one day❤

This video was masterful my friend, fascinating and relaxing. All the best - Martin

Beautiful paintings, I would love to be able to get a little cottage in English country side. Great video mate, thank you so much. Love from Hong Kong ❤️🙏

Love the Lark Ascending playing in the background. Good choice. 👍

Just found your channel today as a weardale born ... sheep farmed near hexham and now living in carlisle ...this is brill series of local history etc my deceased father gillied for grahams of netherby...anywaz keep up the b......y good work....atb dave

The 'Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore' notes that the first known publication of 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' was in 'Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book' of c.1744. Apparently the text has hardly altered since.

I love your videos; not only is the content interesting, but the background music and especially your voice are so soothing and calming!

Love seeing the Thomas Hardy mention. For my money nobody did a better job of incorporating British rural culture and folkish customs into his novels.

Cool stuff. There aren't many sheep in my area of the US (plenty of cows and horses, though), so they're kind of an interesting curiosity for me, as livestock go. I'd be all for a second video on sheep lore if you ever make one!

I love sheep, too.

Your channel is a literal treasure!!

My grandfather was exempt from enlistment during WW2 due to him being the only male sibling in his family so he went to work on a farm to provide food for troops and civilians and eventually ended up owning the farm until selling up in the 1970's strange thing is he never told me any stories like this maybe due to some sort of superstition . This video opened my eyes to the tales thank you for that . Have a like .

I hope you have you dream of owning your own sheep. Thanks for creating this video and educated some of us.

Beautifully done!

love this, really great content.

Your channel deserves more views! Love from the States!

I love this channel ❤ and the remembrance of our true history and culture.

Your chanel is so magical and interesting :) I adore british and nordic mythology :) One more follower from me :) Good luck!

Great video as always man!

you'll be pleased to know that your traditional celtic counting is similar to the numbers in Welsh: 1 - un 2 - dau 3 - tri 4 - pedwar 5 - pump 6 - chwech 7 - saith 8 - wyth 9 - naw 10 - deg Also, when I used to commute by train Cardiff Bridgend, "sheep on track, Pontyclun" was sometimes a cause of rail delays!

Beautiful...

This is amazing

Aron jumpers are very warm and the patterns are beautiful they also are slightly waterproof or drizzle proof due the oil in the wool

11:16 In the 2006 Horror/Comedy film from New Zealand titled *Black Sheep* , a flock of sheep went through genetic experimentation becoming Carnivorous Beasts, and getting bitten by them would turn a Human into a Were-Sheep Monster.

That was so interesting, I have loved sheep all my life, even the smell of the wool is just beautiful, walking on the Yorkshire Moors with my late father, rescuing one with its head stuck in the fence, I spent the rest of my young adult life in Blandford, never knew about the ghost sheep, although I have encountered being touched on the shoulder in one of the old charity shops, that was weird. 🐑💕

Oxfordshire was made on the wool trade it was very important which is why there are so many sheep street,lanes etc

Duke, have you heard of the old Victorian tale of "Spring heeled Jack"

"Sheep in Welsh Folklore" would probably be quickly demonetised.

As a native of Beverley, I have some experience of the wool trade and its history. Folks reckon that 'Baa baa black sheep' originates in The Yorkshire Wolds. The line 'One for the little boy who lives/cries down the lane' has been sanitised to 'lives down the lane' because people equate 'cries' with being sad, but what is actually going on here is the theft of 1/3 of a v valuable black fleece. The little boy shouts, or cries to warn of the presence of the authorities, and when the coast's clear 'VOOM!' As fast as possible on horseback to Market Weighton (mid way twixt Beverley and York) to a dodgy dealer, who weighs the 1/3 fleece and coughs up sufficiently to ease the Winter privation bearing down on a subsistence farmer under the yoke of tyranny.. As a true reiver, I trust you to have some empathy with this bold and enterprising youngster. Black wool is fab also.. Ask Richard Duke of Gloucester! 🌟👍

Hello Duke, it’s momo, how are you mate? Love this video ❤️

Thank you very much. I am living in wales at the moment, in the midst of sheep farmers.

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All that time and research was well worth it Duke. Beautiful music, beautiful tales. I was out in the wind & rain in my Arran jumper that i actually bought in the Arran isles,and Co Kerry wool cap today too. The sheep in the field looked as warm as me!

Hey Duke I've seen some of your old video's a little while ago and now, while things are getting hotter and hotter, I remembered you. I looked your old name up and immediately recognized your destinct logo. You were, at the time I watched, one of the only few people giving hope while things already started smoking. It's a nice channel and folklore is another one of my few select interrests but where has that content, loved by so many, gone? There was this one video, it was one of the most inspiring video's I'd ever seen. (14 reasons why I am a W.N.) If you have a channel on another platform please let me know, lord of Durham. (Not gonna say your old name or the "you know who"'s will strike you down once more.) Greetings from Flanders.

I’m a Kerr!!

Hey duke, or anyone for that matter, could you explain the symbol on your profile? You can link to other websites, YT videos etc. Thank you!

Any rams in folklore

What is the music used in the opening ?

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You can beat Harris Tweed sir.

Sweet bells? Why don't you wear one yourself lifelong 24/7?