[QUOTE=Home Again Farm;6619833]
I had heard that one, but the worth was 25¢ per roll. :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
and I have heard $250 to $500 per roll.
Years ago I was gifted a lovely matted and framed piece of calligraphy with this on it…
“The grey mare is the better horse.”
As the photo illustrates, I totally agreed at the time! 
But in reading the ‘official’ definition - apparently it meant something totally different! 
There was a book that I skimmed a while back about the whorls and their meaning(s) based on the location on the horse’s face. One that stood out was having multiple whorls/cowlicks up high near the forelock - those meant the horse could be difficult. (the above mentioned mare had them for instance) There was also something about whorls below the eyeline indicating some “common” qualities that would making training irksome.
i call b.s. on the whorls theory.
One of my Favorites!
‘Prophet’s Thumbmark’, a small indentation in the horse’s neck. The legend is told thus: “Prophet Mohammed tested his horses by depriving them of water for several days. He then released them near a waterhole but before they reached it, he sounded his trumpet to summon them. Only five mares responded and returned to him, and these were kept for breeding. He pressed him thumb into their necks, leaving an indentation which they passed onto their offspring.” It has been said that if you ever have a horse that has the marking, they are blessed, and if that person’s thumb fits exactly in the indentation then you are the horse’s true owner.
Others:
Other Bedouin beliefs include:
A whorl on the chest meant prosperity.
A whorl on the girth was a sign of good fortune, and an increase in flocks
A whorl on the flank was known as ‘spur whorls’ and if curved up meant safety in battle; if inclined downwards it meant prosperity. The Byerley Turk, a founding sire of the Thoroughbred breed, was said to have spur whorls and was never hurt in battle.
The Whorl of the Sultan was located on the windpipe, and meant love and prosperity.
Whorls above the eyes meant the master was to die of a head injury
The whorl of the coffin was located close to the withers. If sloping downwards towards the shoulder it meant the rider would die in the saddle, probably in battle or from a gunshot
Question is, does horse have to be born with the indentation (does that even happen?) or can the horse receive the indentation? At three years old, a few months after purchasing and right around the time I decided to keep him, my TB got kicked by another one of my horses and has a small indentation along the bottom of his neck. Does it count?
Originally Posted by oppsie2
One of my Favorites!
‘Prophet’s Thumbmark’, a small indentation in the horse’s neck. The legend is told thus: “Prophet Mohammed tested his horses by depriving them of water for several days. He then released them near a waterhole but before they reached it, he sounded his trumpet to summon them. Only five mares responded and returned to him, and these were kept for breeding. He pressed him thumb into their necks, leaving an indentation which they passed onto their offspring.” It has been said that if you ever have a horse that has the marking, they are blessed, and if that person’s thumb fits exactly in the indentation then you are the horse’s true owner.
I had completely forgotten this one. I had a mare that had this mark. I purchased the mare in Holland as a 3 yr old and she already had the mark. At the time I was told only that this mark meant good luck or good fortune not the whole story. Now I wonder what they really are?
A horse with a white lower lip ( “water over the white” ) will always be lucky.
If you want to make a small fortune in the horse industry, start with a large one.
oh wait. That’s actually true.
The Prophet’s thumb mark - I don’t think they can get them from an injury I think they are supposed to be born with them or develop them? I dunno. Just know my Morgan had one. I used to press my thumb into her spot when I needed comforting.
Molly - you are RIGHT… too true. Why do us poor folk get into this sport?!
Only fools breed horses… Wise men buy them.
Throwing the testicles on the roof was to keep the yard dogs from eating them (and then vomiting them back up on your carpet!).
Traditionally the hippomane was nailed above the stable door for good luck for the foal.
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After castration throw the testicles on the barn roof. (YUK!) :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Good advice: keeps the dogs from digging them out of the manure pile :winkgrin:
Yeah, it does save the carpet doesn’t it?
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i call b.s. on the whorls theory.[/QUOTE]
My last colt had whorl on each cheek which predicts “debt and ruin”, and his face whorl predicted he would be erratic and difficult. He was the most erratic, difficult, hard to handle beast I ever met. After a nice expensive cryptorchid surgery, he coliced and was destroyed.
[QUOTE=oppsie2;6621061]
The Prophet’s thumb mark - I don’t think they can get them from an injury I think they are supposed to be born with them or develop them? I dunno. Just know my Morgan had one. I used to press my thumb into her spot when I needed comforting.[/QUOTE]
I actually have had a few with this… never understanding where it came from til spring of 2011… I let out our mare and foal… baby bounced off the electrobraid not a scrape but that night a bit of a swelling… I wrote it down… said to my daughter I think I just discovered how they get the prophet’s thumb print sure enough when we weaned her in the fall… she a divot instead of swelling…
We were always taught this one as kids
One white foot buy him
Two white feet try him
Three white feet deny him …
Four white feet and a snip on the nose… tack up his hide, and feed him to the crows… :lol:
I am very worried about the whorl one:sadsmile:
I have a silver gened warmblood filly…
I cant pin down… so far she is such a pleaser… however… I think I should just can her… I know it will be bad;)
She has four double whorls on her head… :eek:
Never seen it before… But so far her attitude is nothing less than stellar. so lets hope this is garbage…
However I have never seen any writings for that many… I dont know if they cancel each other out or what the heck… 
Time will tell
(I was kidding about hte the canning part…lol)
Sorry to hear about your horse, SmartAlex - but a study of one does not a treatise make!
I think the business about the whorls on the face is total malarkey.
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Sorry to hear about your horse, SmartAlex - but a study of one does not a treatise make! :)[/QUOTE]
No of course not, but I’ve always found the whorls to be true. Which was when he came out covered in them I was rather horrified. :yes:
“How does a cliche’ become a cliche’?” There is a reason why things become old wives tales. Problem is, no one remembers them right. Is it starve a cold, feed a fever, or feed a cold starve a fever? Google THAT one
