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59/449
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This dung fork, known as a drag or 'muck drag', came from Over in Cambridgeshire. According to the donor it was used when the tumbrel (muck cart) was ‘unpundered’ (tipped) to drag the muck out onto the fields or onto the ‘muckle’ (muck) heap.
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drag fork: metal, wood
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MERL Miscellaneous note – ‘Ref. C. A. J. [Charles Andrew Jewell] visit to Cambridgeshire in November 1959 // Objects for Accessioning [59/449–453] // brought by C. A. J. belong to Mr. Dodson of OVER, Cambridgeshire, and were brought by Mr. E. J. Pepworth [Papworth], 5 Station Road, Over, from whom further information can be obtained…’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3336.tif - High resolution image
