Who are they actually the Permonicí? .
I think we would call them knockers.
According to the mining legends they are spirits of rocks, the
underground elfins, subjects of the powerful Permon, the monarch of
the underground empire, which is situated in the ore shafts.
They look similarly as other elfins, but how we know them from the folk tales.
They have a small but symmetrical figure. They have similar clothing as the
miners used to have in long past eras. Shoes with wooden soles,
a mining blouse with a broad cap collar and a piece of leather around
the hips. The permonicí have a pointed hood on their heads, by
the help of which they can do themselves invisible,
whenever they only wish. It is not necessary to do anything else,
than to pull the hood over the face and the permoník will disappear
immediately. He sees everything, he hears everything but he is invisible
for the human eye. And in the same way like the miners in that old eras,
every permoník wears, hung on his thumb, a miner's lamp full of magic oil,
which never will burn out.
The permonicí are very agile and hardworking. It is said, that they watch,
recalculate and brush off the hidden treasures, manage cracked rocks and beat
the way for the underground springlets. When a permoník knocks on a rock by his
silver hammer, the rock opens oneself obedient before him. And when the permoník
passes the rock, the rock will close oneself behind him again.
And whether the permonicí are good or evil? In the first row they are fair.
I was interested by this legend, when I had to decide the prefix for our stud.
We breed Shetland ponies of the type standard and mini.
Shetland ponies are small, very strong ponies with a good-natured character.
They were used especially in Great Britain but in other countries, too, for
labour in mines for very many years.
At this time they are bred two types of them, the type standard up to 106 cm
in the UK and up to 107 cm in the Czech republic and in some neighbour countries
and the type mini with the withers height up to 86 cm in the UK and up to 87 cm in
the above mentioned countries.
On the other side, both of these types belong to one and the same race -
Shetland pony and for this reason they both must have the typical characters
of this race:
- Robust body with small, in the neck bride head with small ears.
- The eyes must be big, as much as possible dark with a wide expression - not bulging!
- The neck bride and short wit an expressive withers.
- The spine and shoulders firm with passing into rear part with a bigger fall.
- The chest bride and profound.
- The extremities should be strong and the poise straight.
- The action productive and spacious.
- Rich mane and tail.
- The character should be calm and peaceable.
There are individuals in both these types, which have a lighter
skeleton and feet - sportsmanlike - and stronger, more robust shetland ponies,
which resemble more cold-blood horses - original.
Many breeders keep standard and mini types together and bring
them to exhibition, where there are judged together, without any
preference to one of them. The practise of pairing allows the combination
of mini, standard, sportsmanlike and original all together.
For this reason we can see a considerable variability in many studs.
We are members of the Club of the Shetland Pony Breeders in Great Britain
(The Shetland Pony Stud - Book Society) and draw on the knowledge and
experience just from the land of the origins. We try to use all gained
information in our bred. We give them further to the members of the Czech
Shetland Pony Club, where we are members, too. We try, in this way, to
elevate the quality of the bred in our country.
Our bred of the shetland ponies in the stud Permoník is based on stallions
and mares, which have been imported from Great Britain, Holland and Germany.
Our Ponies have the best present blood from Kerswell up to Ron of North Wells,
Vorden Picea, Parlington Pimpernell and New Park Chieftain, which was evaluated
in the year 2005 as the best mini shetland sire in Great Britain.
We prefer, in our stud, ponies with the withers height 80 - 85 cm with
typical characters of original Shetland ponies with well-balanced proportions
of the extremities to the body, without any sign of dwarfish growth (dwarfism).
We try to breed ponies with productive and spacious action and
calm and peaceable character.
Such Sheties are excellent riding ponies for children. They can be
used for harnessing and as fellows for children and adults, too. They are
long-lived and have practically no requirement for fodder and stable.
Simply: There isn´t any better pony as Shetland pony!
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