Dear Word Detective, I’m guessing the third “riddle” is from Northern England, referring to dye used to mark the chests of male sheep to help keep track of which females had been serviced in breeding season. Is that the regional dialect that you alluded to?
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howard:
October 18th, 2014 at 11:47 pm
Dear Word Detective, I’m guessing the third “riddle” is from Northern England, referring to dye used to mark the chests of male sheep to help keep track of which females had been serviced in breeding season. Is that the regional dialect that you alluded to?