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The Zodiac - Year Of The Goat

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Before we go further, let  us get one thing straight. Is this the year of the "Sheep'', ''Ram'' or ''Goat''?  What is a  Sheep ? A sheep is a domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat with typically curving horns found only in the male and kept in flocks for its wool and meat.  It is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock and also used in reference to people who are too easily influenced or led. What is a Ram ? It is an uncastrated male sheep. It is also meant as to roughly force something into place. What is a Goat ? It is a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and the male has a beard and are called Billy goat and the female Nanny goat. Their young are called kids. So please call your young - children not kids or people may think your are a goat.  It is kept for milk and meat and noted for their lively behaviour. They became livelier when they munched on and discovered cof...

Goats

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My Initiation I have noticed that there is something about goats that are special. Haven't you heard "as sure-footed as a goat"? Then you see some human species actually sporting a "goatee". I have fond memories of days gone by where Indian men with twisted moustaches rode on bicycles peddling goat's milk usually placed in used Coco Cola or other glass bottles and with a piece of card paper twirled around and used as a stopper. They would then place these bottles in the slots on both sides of a canvass hung around their bicycle frame and riding around for distribution and sales. Goat Milk My grandmother or mother would sometimes purchase a couple of bottles and they would boil it over a pot for awhile so as to "kill any germs" in it and they would say that goat milk is very nutritious. Later, they would add a little bit of sugar to make it taste better. Somehow I love this milk. The last time I found a stall selling goat milk was at Tanjon...