“make England ring” [THOR]
Here's an interesting thing to consider: how often are cows mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories?
The easiest reference is most likely in "The Priory School," as we find Holmes and Watson tracing cow tracks across the moor as they search for the abducted Lord Saltire.
“Strange, Watson, that we should see tracks all along our line, but never a cow on the whole moor; very strange, Watson, eh?”
“Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops. By George, Watson, it was no brain of a country publican that thought out such a blind as that!”
Aside from cows (or not cows) on the moor, we find moorland cows in The Hound of the Baskervilles, as Watson describes arriving on location:
“In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper, climate.”
In A Study in Scarlet, Lucy Ferrier was out riding when she came across a herd of cattle that spooked her horse. Jefferson Hope showed up and saved her, and she reacted:
“I’m awful frightened,” she said, naively; “whoever would have thought that Poncho would have been so scared by a lot of cows?”
No mention of cowbells, but we can imagine them softly ringing across the fields and moors. There may be more references, but for now, let's see what's ringing in the ears of the boys at Baker Street Elementary...
Baker Street Elementary follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the Baker Street Elementary website.
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