Welcome To Bgoat's Tennessee Fainting Goat Page!!
Welcome To Bgoat's Tennessee Fainting Goat Page!!
Welcome to the world of the Tennessee Fainting Goat!
It is a world of legends born in American folklore. Where did these astounding creatures come from?
Do they really faint? These are just a few of the questions we will attempt to answer on our little page.
The origins of the Fainting Goat can best be traced to the hills of Tennessee
and the County of Marshall. It was here that a drifter named Tinsley arrived
in about the year 1880. We can't really say who Tinsley was, but we can, of
course, speculate. There can be little doubt that the hills of Tennessee were fertile hunting grounds for the infamous Medicine Men of the day,
perhaps Tensley belonged to this group. We can imagine his sales pitch:
"Look here folks" he might have said.
"these here goats got a case of the palsy real bad"
Then he might have paraded out one of the fainting goats for the towns' people to see.
The people would quite naturally have been astonished at the stiffness the animal exhibited but, once given his wondrous tonic,
the goat seemed to heal right in front of everyone ! The townspeople, unaware that the stiffness in
these goats last only a few seconds, may have, quite naturally believed they had just witnessed a miracle of
science. Which of course, they would purchase.
Perhaps he was a simple traveling salesman. Yet if he was, what was he selling ? He did not sell his goats until he had been in the area of Marshall county for a while. In fact, he married and seemed to have s
settled down, he took the time to work a farm. He soon tired of the life of a farmer. Tinsley sold his goats
to a man named Mayberry and left his wife and his farm. He did however, take his "sacred cow" with him.
Yes, he also traveled with a cow named Zebu that was considered sacred. We don't know if the cow possessed the ability to faint.
We never hear of Tinsley or Zebu again.
With the fainting goats in the possession of Mayberry we enter another phase of development.
Mayberry loved the animals and proceeded to raise more of them, thus preserving the breed. It is from
these few goats that all Tennessee Fainting Goats have originated. With less than 10,000 registered "fainters" in existence, their preservation is important. They are a distinctly American breed
of animal. Their uses vary, they are used for milk, meat and because of their thick
undercoat, cashmere can be harvested for spinning.
Most importantly, they make great pets !!!
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