black ox

sacrificed to Pluto; symbolic of calamity. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 790]

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One black ox, with a white cravat on - who even had to my awakened conscience something of a clerical air - fixed me so obstinately with his eyes, and moved his blunt head round in such an accusatory manner as I moved round, that I blubbered out to him, "I couldn't help it, sir

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THE BLACK OX High Street, Abergwili It may have reopened earlier this year as a gastropub, but the Black Ox is still a popular watering hole among people in Abergwili and beyond.

Back to the boozers; TASTE II With Christmas getting closer, Robert Harries investigates the best pubs to pop into for a pint if you're in the Carmarthen area

The white ox has got all the pasture; the black ox has nowhere to graze .

Landless blacks: why the impasse continues

The Bank of the Black Ox, eventually to become Lloyds-TSB, was established to protect drovers' earnings.

The changing face of Welsh farming; THE DAILY POST'S RURAL AFFAIRS EDITOR ANDREW FORGRAVE MARKS A CENTURY AND A HALF OF AGRICULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT

The festival is organized around a contest between two Ox groups: Garantido [Secure], represented by a white ox with a red heart on its forehead, and Caprichoso [Capricious], represented by a black ox with a blue star on its forehead.

The Amazonian Ox Dance festival: an anthropological account (1)

I got it rounding the Horn in rough trade, foul weather, lashed to the mast, loony as a snowbird, wailing, wailing like Ma Rainey for all those the black ox has taken away - the little gray lady on the subway, the red Indian of the sun.

Rounding the horn

The first Drovers' Festival was staged in the town in 1997 in anticipation of the 200th anniversary of the Black Ox bank.

Carmarthen Antiques and Flea Market celebrates Wales' drovers

On Saturday they will be guests at a unique drovers' parade, organised by the Welsh Black Cattle Society to comemorate the setting up the Black Ox Bank by David Jones in the late 18th century, which later evolved into Lloyds TSB.

Blacks lose by a whisker; Tuesday July 20 2004. . . the day in pictures by Robert Parry Jones

The New King George pub and Lolfa Lounge in Carmarthen have price guides totalling PS200,000; the Black Ox in Abergwili is priced at PS135,000 and the Cresselly Arms in Pontargothi for sale at PS220,000.

Last orders for a round of pubs in public auction

Local drover David Jones grew so rich from his trade that he set up the Black Ox Bank in 1799 and created cheques so drovers wouldn't have to carry money.

Locals love it, now drovers' town wants visitors to Love Llandovery; NEW BRAND CELEBRATES VIBRANT HISTORY

The Black Ox Bank was set up by David Jones in Llandovery in 1799.

How the Black Ox of Llandovery joined the international stable of the Black Horse

It is hoped the cashflow plan could be launched by as early as the end of the year in Lampeter, Llandeilo and Llandovery, with the banknotes' design possibly being based on that issued by the 18th century Black Ox Bank - later incorporated into Lloyds Bank - set up by drover David Jones of Llandovery in 1799.

A group of towns is banking on driving the local economy with their own area's currency; Aim is to stop cash leaking from district

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