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“Jest rake out the coals this way, an 'when it begins ter simmer I' ll put in the sperits, ef ye 'll gin 'em to me.”
“And so I thought I 'd jest go t' other side o 'Hopkinton and see Granny Walkers, – her that was housekeeper to Lady Frankland, ye know, – and see if I could n't rake out the pertickelars of that' ere Dench house.”
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BrainyBabe Traditionally, every evening sheep are encouraged to rake out (spread far out to graze) on to the fells and moorland, returning to the lower ground by the next morning. The flock ranges over very large areas, ensuring an even grazing of the available ground. Even within a hefted flock there are subgroups - different groups of sheep on different "cuts" of the hill.
From the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic, in The Guardian Dec 25, 2008