Scotland Puzzle - Scottish Livestock Breeds

Scottish Livestock Breed

By Kay Glasgow

"Old MacDonald Had a Farm". It must have been a croft in Scotland! Each anagram's a Scottish placename or area that is part of the cattle, horse or sheep breed name. Take stock of Scotland's distinctive farm animals of fold, herd or flock at: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/BREEDS/REGION/f-brit.html

1 a red or black beef cattle NAGUS

2 a red and white dairy breed YEHARRIS

3 sturdy ponies, sheep and cattle DAHLNIGH

4 "Moonbeam Cow" breed LOYALWAG

5 river area draft horse SELLDYECAD

6 a St Kilda isle, Old Norse for sheep island SOYA

7 small weatherproof ponies and sheep HALTSEND

8 Argyll isle cattle (Highland cow X Beef Shorthorn bull) LUGIN

9 rare sheep of another St Kilda isle RAREBOY

10 Borders hill area of sheep breeds EVICTHO

11 sheep with a taste for seaweed! KENROY

12 multi-horned dark sheep of NW isles ABRIDEHEN

13 sheep bred at Dumfrieshire estate Buchanan-Jardine __ Moorit SELLITMACK

14 cattle breed that evolved in recent decades on abandoned Orkney isle SOWAN

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More puzzles can be found at Scotland Puzzle in the archive.

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1	a red or black beef cattle	NAGUS
2	a red and white dairy breed	YEHARRIS
3	sturdy ponies, sheep and cattle	DAHLNIGH
4	"Moonbeam Cow" breed	LOYALWAG
5	river area draft horse	SELLDYECAD
6	a St Kilda isle, Old Norse for sheep island	SOYA
7	small weatherproof ponies and sheep	HALTSEND
8	Argyll isle cattle (Highland cow X Beef Shorthorn bull)	LUGIN
9	rare sheep of another St Kilda isle	RAREBOY
10	Borders hill area of sheep breeds	EVICTHO
11	sheep with a taste for seaweed!	KENROY
12	multi-horned dark sheep of NW isles	ABRIDEHEN
13	sheep bred at Dumfrieshire estate Buchanan-Jardine __ Moorit	SELLITMACK
14	cattle breed that evolved in recent decades on abandoned Orkney isle	SOWAN