Object number
60/88
Description
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
