Distinctively KeLaTte : SHEEP ... huh? BIRI BIRI !? BEBIRI !!??? -

.... Dalam buku ilmu alam, biri-biri merino Australia gebu bulunya. Biri-biri Kelantan ini kotor dan bulunya dreadlock. Mereka anak beranak cari makan sambil bernyanyi, "I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy." Berderet-deret kambing biri lalu depan rumah aku ....

Petikan dari : Pukul Berapa Datuk Harimau ? , berjudul " DI MANA DIA IBU KAMBING SAYA? "

Kemudian, entah mengapa, mungkin setelah terkena ilmu guna guna Tok Rimau itu,
aku terbelek dan bertemu pula dengan yang berikut :

Quote:

Sheep.The Sheep of Kelantan are worthy of peculiar notice. There are two distinct breeds, one of which has fine soft wool and only the rudiments of ears, while the other has a stiffer fleece, in which the wool is mixed with hair, and normal ears. The sheep are small and quite unlike those imported from Hongkong to Singapore and Bangkok, neither do they resemble the animals to be seen in Burma and in India. It is not known who first brought sheep to Kelantan and from what part of the world they came ; but whatever their origin, they are now thoroughly acclimatised in this part of Malaya, and are bred in Kelantan, in Patani and to a less extent in Tringganu. Strangely enough, they are not found in other States or Provinces of the Peninsula .....

W.A Graham ( 1905 ) " Kelantan : A State of The Malay Peninsula " ,
published by James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow (1908) - Chapter XIII : Live Stock, page 85 ~ 86

Note on text :
Every word and grammatical expression was copied one by one from the original source and no alterations whatsoever were made.
If you noticed " Terengganu " spelled as " Tringganu " etc, note that you are actually reading a 100 yrs old, pre-World War 1, writing on old Kelantan.

" W.A Graham :
.... There are two distinct breeds, one of which has fine soft wool and only the rudiments of ears .... "
( rudiment : ( Biology ) ; An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part )

" ..... while the other has a stiffer fleece, in which the wool is mixed with hair, and normal ears .... "

Kalian lihat ini. Kekata kunci :

" ... The sheep are small and quite unlike those imported from Hongkong to Singapore and Bangkok, neither do they resemble the animals to be seen in Burma and in India .... "

" ... Strangely enough, they are not found in other States or Provinces of the Peninsula ... "

Sesungguhnya, aku sendiri terduduk kehairanan.

Itu catatan 100 tahun yang lampau yang telah memperakui bahawa Birrghii ( dalam Kaecchaek Kelatae atau Biri Biri dalam Kaecchaek Luwaa ) yang ditemukan di Kelantan adalah baka yang unik yang hanya tertumpu di sekitar negeri ini sahaja.
Malah tidak dapat pula dibandingkan dengan spesis yang sedia ada di India, Burma, Bangkok, Hong Kong, mahupun Singapura !
Dan yang paling dasyat, Birrghii baka Kelantan adalah satu satunya wujud di bumi Malaya !
Kalau aku mampu, mahu sahaja aku muziumkan Birrghii itu tika dan saat ini juga.

Oh ! Aku bukan asabiyyah Bebiri...
Kalian dikhabarkan perihal ini.
Maka, dengan segala hormatnya dipersilakan berasa kagum.
Walau tidak berdiri sama tinggi dengan bangsa Bebiri Australia dan New Zealand.
Kolam genetiknya jelas mencerminkan warisan Melayu ( baca : Kelantan ) jati.

Oleh itu,
berjanjilah dengan aku.
Sekiranya kalian menapakkan kaki ke bumi Kelantan
dan terlihat oleh kalian akan kelibat Sang Bebiri mundar mandir berjemaah di tepian jalan raya,
maka bersegeralah mendapatkan mereka.
Rangkul lah ia di dalam pelukan mesra kalian
kalau boleh kurniakan ia kucupan demi kucupan
( dan tolong, jangan lebih dari itu )
kerana

walau dihadirkan beribu ribu biri biri baru sekalipun ( aduh, bersimpul lidah aku ! )

ketahuilah

itulah Bebiri Melayu Terakhir ....