sheep chasers

goatThis is a rubber boot cut of [sic] at the knee or a little below. Rubbers were worn to the thighs during the winter and usually when the spring arrived they were almost worn out so they were cut off. It would be too warm to wear the long boot in the spring and even if they were turned down, they would be very heavy and bulky. I think the expression stemmed from the fact that in the spring of the year it was a task of the men folk to catch the sheep and shear them. The kind of boots they wore were cut of [sic] at the knee, - so thus sheep chasers. The expression is still used by both young and old.DNE-cit JH 3/72Used I and SupUsed I and Sup4Used