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PitchFork Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/5/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Fork (Pitchfork)

The fork, or pitchfork, is probably the most popular of medieval tools today, because of its connection with rioting villagers “grabbing their pitchfork”. As with the flail, it was indeed used as an improvised weapon in many cases. The fork has a wooden handle of about five to six feet long, tipped with two or three prongs (or in some instances, as many as four or five), which were usually made of iron.

Forks were used to prepare the ground for seeding and covering, in the place of a plough or harrow, for small areas. They were also necessary for the process of making hay, which involved throwing the cut grass  into the air in order to aerate and turn it. The aeration of grass prevented the grass from molding which meant that the hay dried and would have been usable as nutrition for the animals during the winter.

 

 

You can learn more about Medieval tools at this website--https://www.lostkingdom.net/agricultural-medieval-tools-agriculture/ 

 

You'll need to use stealth while looking for this one. Too small for a pen, you'll need one to sign the log and maybe a TOT too.D/T rating due to possible Muggle activity. Thanks For Coming To Our Cache!

 

Congratulations! vilstudio/racewalker *FTF*!! 

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