Object number
60/88
Description
Thistle spud or 'grubber' used to bruise thistles before the seed is formed. From Mr T. Harris of Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire.
Thistles can either be cut down with a scythe, or bruised with a spud or ‘grubber’ before the seed is formed. This thistle spud has a long wooden handle made from a stick of birch or hazel with the bark still on, and a flat metal head in the shape of a thistle with a cutting edge. The spud came from Mr T. Harris of Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire.
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 January 2013 – Mr T. Harris had a smithy at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. Upon his death in February 1960, his daughter, Mrs M. K. Fenn, donated a large number of his tools to the Museum. Mr Harris had previously donated a number of objects to the Museum in 1952 and 1956.
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4894.tif - High resolution image
