Well, I learned the spelling "dyke" in school, though I'm of course aware that it is also a term for lesbians.
And sheep keep the grass short and the earth firm or something. I guess it's easier or cheaper than some machine maintenance. All over Northern Germany sheep graze on dikes, and I'd be astonished if they would't across the border in the Netherlands. Typical photos of dikes always have sheep on them, like this photo of a dike from the German wikipedia page: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Wesselburenerkoog_aufm_deich.jpg
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Date: 2007-07-23 11:34 pm (UTC)And sheep keep the grass short and the earth firm or something. I guess it's easier or cheaper than some machine maintenance. All over Northern Germany sheep graze on dikes, and I'd be astonished if they would't across the border in the Netherlands. Typical photos of dikes always have sheep on them, like this photo of a dike from the German wikipedia page:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Wesselburenerkoog_aufm_deich.jpg
The entry mentions the maintenance sheep as well.