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Shepherd Corin the faithful shepherdess; called “the Virgin of the Grove.” [Br. Lit.: “The Faithful Shepherdess” in Brewer Handbook, 234] guards sheep; creator of bucolic poetry. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 75] father of herdsmen. [O.T.: Genesis 4:20] the Good Shepherd. [NJ.: John 10:11 –14] young shepherdess; searches everywhere for lost flock. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 93] asleep while his sheep are in the field. [Nurs. Rhyme: Baring-Gould, 46] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Not much has changed from Old West range wars between ranchers and sheepherders. As for next year: "I think it would be nice to go be a sheepherder in Sweden," Kage laughs. Why this blase attitude with regard to Bilderberg when a junket to Hoboken from the widget manufacturers association, or acceptance of complimentary tickets to the tobacco-chewing tournament from the sheepherders lobby, are routinely considered sufficient cause for charges of corruption and influence peddling? |
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