“My hands are stained with thistle milk”
So… what do we know about thistle milk?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
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Huddersfield’s very own… Steve malkmus
It was a brave man who discovered thistles could be milked…
16 March 2017
jodrell banksy
Not a district of Glasgow.
16 March 2017
dickhead in quicksand
Thistle milking is an ancient, almost forgotten, competitive country sport once practiced at Midsummer festivals throughout the Scottish Lowlands. Details are difficult to ascertain; all that is known for certain is that the victors were hailed (for reasons now unknown) as “Patrick of the Thistle”, and that the customary prize was a crock of shit.
24 March 2017