"Dip Your Ghosts"
One of several "sites of meaning" sculptures in the limestone dales of the Derbyshire Peak District. This sculpture is generally referred to as the "sheep dip sculpture" as it is built into the wall of an old sheep wash along the River Bradford at the head of Bradford Dale.
ORIGINAL TEXT (Parts missing)
"In late May or June / The farmers brought their sheep / To wash their fleece / In this deep pool / Burbling, bumbling, bleating / The waters bleat like the flock of sheep it dipped / Dip your ghosts into this hard, cold merky place / Hear their bleat in the water's rush to escape / The foam, the wool pulsates / Damp leaves nothing behind but the trees' readiness".
"Dip Your Ghosts"
One of several "sites of meaning" sculptures in the limestone dales of the Derbyshire Peak District. This sculpture is generally referred to as the "sheep dip sculpture" as it is built into the wall of an old sheep wash along the River Bradford at the head of Bradford Dale.
ORIGINAL TEXT (Parts missing)
"In late May or June / The farmers brought their sheep / To wash their fleece / In this deep pool / Burbling, bumbling, bleating / The waters bleat like the flock of sheep it dipped / Dip your ghosts into this hard, cold merky place / Hear their bleat in the water's rush to escape / The foam, the wool pulsates / Damp leaves nothing behind but the trees' readiness".