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This is a three-pronged turnip peck with an ash handle and a wrought iron head. The middle prong is set slightly behind the other two so that it lies between them when in use. The peck is used for lifting turnips and other root crops when feeding livestock.

1 turnip peck: metal (wrought iron); wood (ash); good condition

Citation in publication [H. J. Massingham, 'Country Relics' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)] –'With the two-pronged turnip-pecker - the divergent tines being at right angles to the handles - he had upped with what was left of the turnips after the sheep had fed off them...' (pp.3-4), MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/132 // NAME: TURNIP PECK // NEG NO.: 35/203 // STORAGE: '

Wood, ash, Metal, iron