Red Squirrels

[cmonstanley]

They will be from accy........run away from the dogs.

no it was them pandas

 

[Eric]

Never heard of a Fishers ?
Fisherman Well i have seen them .

They are dangerous animals ... if they decided to move into the city they will kill cats and dogs ... vicious brutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

 

[garinda]

Last seen local red squirrel.

Accrington, 2007.

Stuffed animals are seized in raid | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

 

[accyman]

theres seems to be this myth that grey squirells are pushing out the red squirells.

this is complete nonsence as its pretty clear that teh grey squirells are obviously the red squirells that have just gotten older

 

[jaysay]

I don't think we have any red squirrels living in any of the woods locally....they were ejectged by those pesky grey brothers.
The only place I have seen red squirrels is on the Isle of Wight.

Them grey squirrels can be a real pest there's one that robs Joan's bird feeder every day and she lives back to a main road, they're cheeky little blitters

 

[Tealeaf]

'Another version, “The Little Red Squirrel”, was told by Taimi Boswell at Oswaldtwistle, 2 January 1915. This has the Cymbeline motif of a wager on a wife's chastity.'
Folk narratives - Katharine Mary Briggs - Google Books

Who was Taimi Boswell?

Another search...


If you Google search her name, Taimi Boswell, she's called the 'master Romany story teller'. Especially this tale, The Red Squirrel.

Has anyone else ever heard of her, or her tales?

She was a local politician, well versed in telling fairy tales.

 

[maxthecollie]

there are lots of red squirrels at the nature reserve at Formby

 

[DaveinGermany]

They are dangerous animals ... if they decided to move into the city they will kill cats and dogs ... vicious brutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

Part of the Marten family.

Endangered Species: Mountain-Prairie Region: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

 

[accyman]

there are lots of red squirrels at the nature reserve at Formby

nope they recently opened a KFC there and mysteriously they have vanished