Swine Collection

Curly Locks 2
Bonny lass, pretty lass, wilt thou be mine ? Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine... (except for the opening words, its the Curly locks rhyme)

Men swine hunting with spears and horn, 9th century
Men swine hunting in a surreal forest with spears, dogs and hunting horn, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Circe and Swine
Circe the sorceress turns Odysseus men into swine

German Boar held at Verdun - Cartoon
The German Boar held at Verdun. Date: 1916

Brazilian Porcupine
histrix prehensilis It preys by night and sleeps in the day. It makes a noise like the grunting of a Swine, and grows very fat

Slemish where St. Patrick Herded Swine, A. D. 403
Slemish where St. Patrick Herded Swine, A.D.403 - a panoramic view of Slemish mountain with a man in the foreground and a water pump. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Slemish)

Israel Gergesa
There is unresolved dispute as to this site, supposedly the scene of Jesuss miracle of the Gadarene swine : other suggested names are Gadara, Kursa, Djerash &c. Date: circa 1835

England / Middleham
The top of Castle Hill, Middleham, Yorkshire, England, with the Swine Cross in the foreground. Date: 1960s

J Hassall. Elsie Marleys grown so fine
Elsie Marleys grown so fine, she won t get up to feed the swine, but lays in bed till after nine, lazy Elsie Marley. 20th century

Curly Locks, Curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine, But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, And feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream! 20th century

Market day at St Brieuc, France - A lady has brought her pigs to sell. Date: circa 1910s

Humourous Russian postcard
Laughing at the Fat Pig - a humourous Russian postcard poking fun at a rotund Russian farmer (possibly having had a vodka too many) who has fallen asleep in the pig sty

New Forest Swineherd
A SWINEHERD of the New Forest, Hampshire, England : his free- range swine seem splendidly clean and healthy

Lady that Loved a Swine
There was a lady loved a swine; Honey, quoth she, Pig-hog, wilt thou be mine? Grunt, quoth he

Elsie Marley / Greenaway
Elsie Marley has grown so fine, she won t get up to serve the swine, but lies in bed till eight or nine, and surely she does take her time !

Improved Sow (Bewick)
A mixture of Chinese Black Swine with the larger British breed, this busy sow produced three litters (50 pigs) in ten months for Arthur Sherburn of county Durham

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