Friday, May 22, 2015

Cuds



How well I recall that day,
     When I was on the farm,
That dad and brother Will flew round,
     And seemed full of alarm.
“Be quick,” said daddy unto me;
     “Put on your hat an’ scud
Up to Bill Jones’s and tell him
     Our cow has lost her cud.”
Those days are o’er, but oftentimes
     This thought across me scuds:
How much more clean this world would be
     If men would lose their cuds.



May 25, ‘91
Pub. in
 Boston Courier


‘losing the cud’ - the cow that has 'lost her cud' is not ruminating. This is a nonspecific sign of illness.



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