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SHEPHERD'S CROOK WOODEN WALKING STICK WITH CARVED RAM'S HORN HANDLE
Price:  £67.00 postage & packing fee £9.00 Description:  "Shepherd's Crook with Carved Ram's Horn Handle"   4 feet (122 cm) high with varnished hazel wood shaft Description: Wooden, traditional design, shepherd's crook... read more Merchant:  sunflowerhealth:

"Shepherd's Crook with Carved Ram's Horn Handle"
 
4 feet (122 cm) high with varnished hazel wood shaft

Wooden, traditional design, shepherd's crook (known as a "Cromach" in Scotland) walking stick. The horn handle is carved into the shape of an ear of corn. The "Cromach" features in the old traditional Scottish song "The Road to the Isles"

A far croonin' is pullin' me away As take I wi' my cromach to the road. The far Coolins are puttin' love on me As step I wi' the sunlight for my load.

Chorus:
Sure, by Tummel and Loch Rannoch and Lochaber I will go.
By heather tracks wi' heaven in their wiles; If it's thinkin' in your inner heart braggart's in my step, You've never smelt the tangle 0' the Isles. Oh, the far Coolins are puttin' love on me. As step I wi' my cromach to the lsles.

It's by Sheil water and track is to the west. By Aillort and by Morar to the sea, The cool cresses I am thinkin' 0' for pluck, And bracken for a wink on Mother knee.

Chorus: Sure, by Tummel etc.

It's the blue Islands are pullin' me away, Their laughter puts the leap upon the lame, The blue Islands from the Skerries to the Lews, Wi' heather honey taste upon each name.

Chorus: Sure, by Tummel etc.