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GRANS PIGGIES
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DIZZI | Report | 12 Feb 2013 10:40 |
MY GRAN'S PIGS |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 12 Feb 2013 12:16 |
Piggy (Well the currant one :-D) lived in a sty at the top of our garden, fed on whatever was available. It is now illegal to feed pigs on household food waste, but ours did not seem to suffer & neither did we when we ate it. |
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Sue | Report | 12 Feb 2013 13:31 |
My dad also kept a sow, sort of a pet really, and instead of slaughter , used to breed one litter a year to sell. She was fed meal and the household veg would be cooked up in a large saucepan weekly. What a revolting smell that was.! but she loved it, and also loved having her back tickled . Her name was Molly. |
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Ron2 | Report | 12 Feb 2013 19:17 |
After the war my Pa kept a pig in pigsty at top end of garden. We lived in a mining village in the Black Country. Anyone who contributed food scraps also got some bits and pieces when pig slaughtered with a knife by the local barber. Pig was slaughtered on a trestle in our back yard and then hung in neighbours scullery and then cut up |
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DIZZI | Report | 12 Feb 2013 19:33 |
GRANS PIGS SLAUGHTERED |
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Ron2 | Report | 13 Feb 2013 20:20 |
A "blood bath" Dizzi! lol. I used to get the pigs bladder, blown up, and used as a balloon |
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PricklyHolly | Report | 13 Feb 2013 20:40 |
"Faints" |
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♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ | Report | 13 Feb 2013 21:18 |
Ours would be taken away by a local butcher who would then supply us with meat to the value. (Not horse :-D) |