pindro

Updated: May 18, 2025

After having first well pared the hoofs with my churi, I applied each petul hot, glowing hot to the pindro. Oh, how the hoofs hissed; and, oh, the pleasant, pungent odour which diffused itself through the dingle, an odour good for an ailing spirit.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

After having first well pared the hoofs with my churi, I applied each petul hot, glowing hot, to the pindro. Oh, how the hoofs hissed! and, oh, the pleasant pungent odour which diffused itself through the dingle! an odour good for an ailing spirit.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

After having first well pared the hoofs with my churi, I applied each petul hot, glowing hot, to the pindro. Oh, how the hoofs hissed! and, oh, the pleasant pungent odour which diffused itself through the dingle!—an odour good for an ailing spirit.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest