Object number
55/202
Creator
Description
This weeding hook was used for pulling out thistle in fields of standing corn. It consists of a V-shaped iron head with a hazel handle, which was fitted at the Museum. It was made by W. Tyrrell, a blacksmith from the donor's village of High Roding.
Physical description
1 hook: wood (hazel); metal
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘This type of weeding tool is commonly used for weeding standing corn. It consists of a V-shaped iron attached to a hazel stick and according to the donor, Mr Arnold Hayden, a farm labourer of High Roding, Essex, it was used for thistle pulling in corn. This roughly made tool was made by W.Tyrrell, a blacksmith of High Roding. An unusual feature is that the iron piece is not socketed but it ends in a flat piece of iron bent over the tip of the hazel rod, and its pointed end drived [sic] into the handle some 4 inches from the tip. // The whole tool measures 3.7 inches , the iron part being 12 inches long, and the handle 30.5 inches long. The hazel haft was fitted on after it came to the Museum.’
Production place
High Roding
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_825.tif - High resolution image
