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Wyn Davies - Using A Scythe

1978 , Great Barton (Suffolk)

Cat no. 10531

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Anglia TV news item; Wyn Davies, a Welsh man now living in Suffolk, shows Paul Barnes how to use a scythe.

Paul Barnes reports for Anglia Television, introducing the viewer to Wyn Davies, a Welsh man now living in Suffolk who is a dab hand with a scythe. Wyn demonstrates to Paul Barnes how to operate the scythe cutting nettles in a field. Paul Barnes takes a carborundum stone from his pocket to use to sharpen the scythe. Wyn shows Paul a more traditional method to sharpen the scythe blade, using a wooden block, fat, and sandstone grit. Paul and Wyn continue to scythe the field of nettles. A final shot shows a donkey hee hawing.

Keywords

Agriculture; Scythe; Tools; Traditional crafts.

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Wyn Davies - Using A Scythe

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