Tilly had a Little Lamb, It's Fleece was Black as Coal!

Tilly had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Tilly had a little lamb,
It's fleece was black as coal

And everywhere that Tilly went,
Tilly went, Tilly went,
Everywhere that Tilly went
The lamb was sure to go

It followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school

And so the teacher turned it out,
Turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near

And waited patiently about,
Patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about
Till Tilly did appear

"Why does the lamb love Tilly so?"
Love Tilly so? Love Tilly so?
"Why does the lamb love Tilly so?"
The eager children cry 

"Why, Tilly loves the lamb, you know."
Loves the lamb, you know, loves the lamb, you know
"Why, Tilly loves the lamb, you know."
The teacher did reply!  

Tilly takes a Groom!

Here   comes  the  groom,  Charlie!

 Tilly  has   been    waiting   for  her  

husband until she was old enough,

 and  at  last, 

 He has come....

Lambs in the Spring!

Where does a Sheep Take a Bath? In a Baaaath Tub!

I am 100% wool!
Wash and rinse me gently by hand
in lukewarm water,
Squeeze me out with towels, gently please!
Do not tumble me dry,
allow me to air dry naturally.
Put on my sheep cover to keep my wool clean
until Sheep Shearing Day!

                                                    

                              

Chloe gets a stylish up-do after

 Mylena gives her a baaaaaath!

Interesting Facts about Sheep

                                              

A one-year old sheep is called a hogget

A two-year old sheep is called a two-tooth.

Sheep grow two teeth a year until they have eight.

If you see a sheep on its back, lend it a hand because a sheep can't get up from that position. If left on its back too long, it will eventually die.

President James Madison wore an inaugural jacket made from the wool of sheep raised on his Virginia farm.

There are About 900 different breeds of sheep

One pound of wool can make ten miles of yarn.

The small intestines from 11 sheep are needed to make 1 tennis racket.

Sheep have poor eyesight but an excellent sense of hearing.

Sheep only have lower teeth that press against an upper palette

Sheep make a bleating sound. A baby lamb can identify its mother by her bleat.

There are 150 yards (450 feet) of wool yarn in a baseball.

When Woodrow Wilson was President, the First Lady had sheep graze on the White House lawn to keep it neat and well trimmed.

Lamb is the lowest in cholesterol of all red meats.

Spinning wool into thread began about 5,000 years ago.

Ewes typically give birth to twins.

There are About 1 billion sheep on the planet

Sheep prefer running water when they drink

People started raising sheep over ten thousand years ago.


And that my friends is sheep facts finale.

Sheep Shearing Day at Rising Meadow Farm

Beautiful hand-spun and dyed yarn

 for sale in The Farm Store.  

Roving  

For hand-spinners who don't want to work with the raw wool 

Rising Meadow Farms offers roving for sale.   It is available in white and 

natural-colored Corriedale, several shades of Moorit, 

and Navajo-Churro. 

The Farm Store at Rising Meadow Farm

The Sheep 

at Rising Meadow Farm

on

Shearing Day  

Natural Colored Hand-spun Yarn

Tools

 Handmade Items
 for sale in 
The Farm Store  

Master Blade Shearer: Kevin Ford

Assisted by local shearer: Joy Moore

Soon after Kevin shears the sheep

 at 

Rising Meadow Farm, 

 he’ll head to the Golden Shears International 

Competition in New Zealand.   He’s one of a 

three man and one woman team representing 

 the United States in the sheep shearing competition. 

Go Team USA!  

Joy Moore

Kevin Ford

We had a Great Day at 

Rising Meadow Farm

 on 

Sheep Shearing Day!

    We loved learning about the sheep, meeting new friends,

 eating Lamb Chile for the first time, 

and watching the sheep being sheared by 

Master Blade Shearer Kevin Ford and his assistant Joy.  

Thank you Ron and Ann, owners of 

Rising Meadow Farm 

for the open invitation to share in this event

 on your beautiful farm in Liberty, North Carolina!   

Is it Love or Feeding Time?

This is the scene that greeted us this afternoon

when we pulled back the big barn doors! Is it 

love, or is it just feeding time? Either way, 

it made our day and our hearts leap with love!