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59/381
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This is a three-bladed fleam, a tool used for letting blood. This fleam was used by a butcher to slaughter animals by bleeding them to death. The fleam would be driven into the jugular vein with a mallet to sever the vein. It was last used circa 1809 by a butcher called Letherbarrows in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and was given to the donor by his great grandson.
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1 fleam: metal
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1800 - 1800
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4147.tif - High resolution image