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This was used for chopping and slicing root vegetables such as turnips. Its most recent user, a farmer, found it on a waste heap and used it for many years at 'The Flothers', Slaley, Northumberland. The donor had not seen any similar root slicers in Northumberland (where it was used). It is thought that the shaft and handle are not original.

1 root chooper: metal, wood

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'ROOT SLICER // It was used by a farmer named Dart at The Flothers, Slaley, Nr. Hexham, Northumberland. The last user found it on a waste heap. The shaft is not the original. // [pencil sketch]', MERL Recording form – Who used it // Farmer. (Mr. Dart) // When was it used // Till fairly recently // How was it used // Roots struck sharply with cutting edges. // Where was it used // The Flothers, Slaley, Nr. Hexham, Northumberland. // Has it a local name // Root Cutter. Turnip Slicer. // When this object was used do you know if it was common in many parts of the country or only in the place from which it came // I have not seen any other types // Who made it // Nothing known. It was picked off a waste heap by the last user + used by him for years before being given to my colleague W. Johnson, N.A.A.S., Hexham District, who passed it to me. // ... Additional information // One of the Ministry staff said he had seen a similar cutter in use but could not give exact location - probably Yorkshire...'

Metal, Wood