Saturday 18 July 2015

A Cock and Bull Story






On occasion, Friend-über-special has accused me of telling her a cock and bull story.  She does not, for example, believe that there used to be wild haggis roaming the croft next door.
 I wonder if she will believe that there is still a cockerel next door but one and a bull outside the town’s main supermarket.



Hamish the Bull was created by Uisdean Paterson of Aird Tong, with help from the Stornoway Trust.   Hamish can be seen standing proudly on Macaulay Road outside the Co-op.. The Trust held a competition to choose a name and received well over 70 suggestions including Seoras, Hector and Macaulay.  Catherine Duffy's suggestion of Hamish won the prize.



12 comments:

  1. that is one mean-looking huge bull!

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  2. Hamish is the right name for this charismatic bull.

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  3. I love Hamish! Of course my little ceramic Hamish fits in my china cupboard better, but this one is beautiful! xoxox

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  4. Ha reminds me of a Tale my Dad used to tell. How there used to be a Taylors Ahop accross the road from the Knox Church. That taylor had a Rooster above a pair of trousers for his sign. Seemingly the good church people saw some Problem with this and insisted he remove the sign.

    The Taylor left the Rooster but removed the Trousers.

    And announced that the Trousers had gone bu the Cock was still standing :-)

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  5. This is an impressive addition to a rather dull bit of road.

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  6. From the title I thought that was going to be a blog about entering fields with bulls!

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  7. Well Friend-über-special may be right. I haven't seen a wild haggis for a while. I think it's because the lack of sheep letting the grass grow too long has discouraged them.

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  8. So you have proof that at least one of your bull stories is true! That is an interesting statue, and i like the name.

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  9. Now that, my friend, is a HUGE bunch of bull! *wink*

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  10. My goodness what a big mean looking brute....I still like him.... though I wouldn't want him to come alive.

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