tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386077972421065740.post6011485606080733245..comments2024-03-19T05:15:33.944-04:00Comments on Historical Hussies: Foxhunting SeasonDonna Hatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807169149057139718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386077972421065740.post-37233444520588308652013-10-28T23:07:08.896-04:002013-10-28T23:07:08.896-04:00And don't forget the all important stop to &qu...And don't forget the all important stop to "check the tack." I have never been offered so many different concoctions of spirits as I was when riding to hounds as a guest. Gracious! How do those people stay in the saddle?!Grace Burroweshttp://graceburrowes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386077972421065740.post-9660990482795936072013-10-28T20:21:27.382-04:002013-10-28T20:21:27.382-04:00in midwinter a day's hunting might only be 4 h...in midwinter a day's hunting might only be 4 hours, particularly in northern counties (Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland). <br /><br />PS: plural of whipper-in is whippers-in and Leicestershire only has one H :)<br /><br />I'd love to know where "hunting pink" came from, if it wasn't from Pink the tailor (a shop of that name is, I think, still trading in Jermyn Street). "To pink" is a dressmaking verb meaning to cut with zigzag edged shears, mimicking the edges of the flowers called "pinks" and AFAIK the colour adopted the word and had originally nothing to do with the colour... While if you look at the colour of red setters, robin redbreasts and red squirrels, orange later became a more accurate adjective than red... it makes you wonder whether definitions have changed as much as pronunciation.Sue Millardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022262338933600748noreply@blogger.com