{"id":841,"date":"2009-06-11T17:07:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=841"},"modified":"2009-08-01T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T17:53:29","slug":"moles-in-little-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/moles-in-little-dresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Moles in little dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Artwork at Allenheads, “Exploring Nostalgia,” photo by Sharon Bailey
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Crazy… Moles are traditionally nailed to fences – it’s a way of counting coupe so the molecatcher gets paid. More on this after I visit Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA)<\/a>, an arts centre in the moors of\u00a0 rural Northumberland. <\/span><\/p>\n

Just for context, I looked into molecatchers and found this gent “Jeff Nicholls the GRASS SHARK HUNTER<\/a>. ” Of course he’s in the Guild of British Molecatchers:<\/span><\/p>\n

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He’s written some eponymous books that have met with rave reviews — <\/span><\/span>“Anyone who suffers from moles will find Jeff Nicholl’s Molecatcher a long awaited lifeline.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But I haven’t found too many technical pics on his web site, except this one, tugs at the heart strings (especially after petting a very soft, dead mole at the taxidermy studio of Eric Morton):<\/span><\/p>\n

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But this is what I was looking for:<\/p>\n

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Dead moles on a barbed wire fence 3 km from Whitley Chapel, Northumberland, Great Britain. Copyright Les Hull <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m of two minds about this – it’s traditional warfare between cultivator and cultivator; and it saddens me, to see them hung by their nosies.
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Artwork at Allenheads, “Exploring Nostalgia,” photo by Sharon Bailey Crazy… Moles are traditionally nailed to fences – it’s a way of counting coupe so the molecatcher gets paid. More on this after I visit Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA), an arts centre in the moors of\u00a0 rural Northumberland. Just for context, I looked into molecatchers and … <\/p>\n

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