[Jacob-list] names?

[Robin Lynde]

I live on Meridian Rd. 
Sheep names--
Jewels' daughter was Diamond. Diamond's daughters are Tiara and Crystal (different years). Tiara's daughter is Gem.
Florida was born when my son worked in the Everglades. I have two of her daughters--Pensacola and Tallahassee. Will this year's be Miami?
Spot and Dot are twins out of Spotty whose mother was Dotty. 
Then there was Ringa and Paula out of Rita (lovely Rita, meter maid....) Paula's daughter is Georgeann. 
And I don't want to forget twins, Millie and Tillie. Tillie's daughters are Lily and Cecily. Willy is a ram I used this year--he is Lily's son.
I have fun naming sheep! 
Robin Lynde
Meridian Jacobs
Vacaville, CA 
www.meridianjacobs.com 
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  From: Hobsickle at aol.com 
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  Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] names?


  "Dandy's" is a contraction of my name and my wife's (Dan & Sandy). 

  When we got into Jacobs we thought that we'd do everything we could to give the sheep Bible names since the breed was named after sheep described in the Bible.  That may seem like a challenge, given that one keeps more ewe's than rams, but a few years ago while reading threw the Bible I kept a list of every woman's name I ran across--it's 110 names long.  Couple that with Biblical concepts and words like "Peace" for a particularly mild ewe, "Agape" (the Biblical word for love) for a ewe born on Valentine's day, and "Noah's wife" for a ewe we never got around to naming (Noah's wife appears as a character in the Bible, but her name is never listed) and we've got quite a list to choose from.  Some of the sheep get names that seem to fit based on their character and some just get the names that strike our fancy at the moment, but so far so good on the Biblical motif.

  -Dan





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