A Collector of Oddities

By MinBannister

Wheel

I read of the Turra Coo today. This was a cow that had been seized from a farmer who had refused to pay the new national Insurance tax, deeming it unfair. The attempted selling of the animal caused a riot in the town and she was taken off the Aberdeen to be sold instead, whereupon she was bought by a group of farmers who returned her to her owner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-25282555

Not that far from my home town but I still hadn't heard of it! My dad was vaguely aware but didn't know the details.

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