"a gypsy putting his horse in a farmer's field (illegally) to graze."
A practice known as 'sarking' among Irish Travellers - reputedly the greatest cause of friction between them and the farmers in past times.
We recorded some great accounts of it from them, including a wonderful 'John Henry' type story of a Traveller who used to carry his pony under his arm to lift it over the fence into the field.
Thanks a million for the words and information to Appleby Fair -recorded it several times, but never in full - didn't realise it was so long.
Jim Carroll