Object number
2008/13
Title
6-hole 'Irish',
Collection
Description
This is a 6-hole 'Irish' choker type mouse trap, which kills the mouse by strangling it. It is a multi-catch trap, with six holes for six mice.
This is a 6-hole 'Irish' choker type mouse trap, which kills the mouse by strangling it. It is a multi-catch trap, with six holes for six mice.
Physical description
Mouse trap
Archival history
No illustration in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008., The 83 mouse traps and 2 mole traps in this collection were acquired by David Drummond during the course of his research into the history of mouse traps. David Drummond is a zoologist who spent much of his professional life in advice and research on the control of rodents. Since retiring as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Chief Scientific Officer in charge of the Central Science Laboratories concerned with Plant Pests and Diseases in 1988, he has published many articles and books about mouse traps, their inventors and manufacturers, including ‘British Mouse Traps and their Makers’ (Mouse Trap Books, Dorking 2008). For further information, see http://www.mousetrapbooks.com.
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