The teacher decides to do some literacy work and points to a picture of a sheep on the wall. "Now, class, can anyone tell me what this is? It begins with 'S'."
Silence from the class.
"Anyone? Maybe you've seen them in the fields?"
Still nothing. She decides to work with one particular kid who looks quite exercised by the whole thing.
"Maisie, have you ever seen one of these before?"
Maisie replies exasperatedly: "But miss, Herdwick begins with a H!"
I could seriously see this playing out with Ewe (locally pronounced yow) over Herdwick! Particularly with some of the valley primaries which are just a handful of farming kids.