Object number
59/19
Description
An hay rake of the type used in the North Riding of Yorkshire, valued for its lightness.
This is a wooden hay rake with twelve tines (one of which is now missing), and two semicircular bands of wood connecting the head to the handle. It is of the type used in the North Riding of Yorkshire and was, according to the donor, valued for its lightness. As well as being used to rake hay, it was also used to make hay ropes – one man would feed the hay from the haycock or ‘pike’ while the other twisted it into rope by rotating the rake.
Physical description
1 hay rake: wood
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘This is an example of the type used in the N. Riding of Yorkshire & was valued for its lightness as compared with the S. English type. // It was used also to make hay ropes for tying down the pikes (or large hay cocks) commonly made in the North. The method involved 2 men. One fed the hay from between his legs from the pike while the other twisted it by rotating the rake.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2829.tif - High resolution image
