Object number
68/396
Description
Two pronged barley fork used for 'pooking' - turning over mown barley as it lay in 'windrows' (rows).
This is a two pronged barley fork made of wood and iron. It was used for 'pooking' - turning over mown barley as it lay in 'windrows' (rows). It was suggested by the donor that the folk would have been used on barley for malting, which was popular in Norfolk up until World War One.
Physical description
1 fork: metal, wood
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘Fork, Barley // Harvesting Cereals // Mr Banham, Norfolk // Wood Iron. Condition: rusted. N.B. (From donor) Malting varieties of barley regularly mown in this area of Norfolk up to World War 1 [pencil drawing].'
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