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This furze hitcher was attached to the end of a long stick and used to extract brushwood from a stack or rick. A large source of fuel available in West Cornwall was brushwood from stunted trees, and timber washed up by the sea on the rocky coastline. Brushwood was generally collected in late July or early August in the lull between the hay and the corn harvests, and was stored in ricks in the farm or cottage yard.

1 furze hitcher; metal; good condition

Lloyd, Constance (Curator)