Rutlandshire raddleman.
This, perchance, is reddleman a trade, and that a poor one, peculiar to this county, whence men bring on their backs a parcel of red stones, or oker, which they sell to the neighbouring counties, for the marking of sheep.
This, perchance, is reddleman a trade, and that a poor one, peculiar to this county, whence men bring on their backs a parcel of red stones, or oker, which they sell to the neighbouring counties, for the marking of sheep.
Entry taken from Provincial Glossary, edited by Francis Grose.
