<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Lackham Museum

I - Identify these museum objects
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What is this object?1. Identify the object
a) A waterpump to raise the humidity in Lackham’s greenhouses.
b) A pump to introduce medicines into a horse’s mouth.
c) A pump for spraying insecticide onto potatoes on an allotment.

 

 

What is this object?2. Identify the object
a) A plough tool for repairs and mud-scraping.
b) A stone tile splitter from Corsham.
c) An ox hoof stone picker from Bratton.

 

 

What is this object?3. Identify the object
a) A cow collar to prevent calves from suckling from the mother cow.
b) A gamekeeper’s sling for small mammals collected from traps.
c) A collar used to protect dogs whilst badger-digging.

 


What is this object?4. Identify the object
a) A rushlight holder (rush strips coated in fat were used for lighting)
b) A taper holder for wooden spill, used for lighting clay pipes.
c) A straw-workers clamp to flatten stra, used in making straw hats.

 


What is this object?5. Identify the object
a) A poacher’s deer trap once used in the Savernake Forest.
b) A fox trap set near to their earths.
c) A crow trap.



What is this object?6. Identify the object
a) Sugar nippers used to break up solid sugar cones.
b) A tail docker.
c) A glass snipper for shaping window panes.

 


What is this object?7. Identify the object
a) A manure cutter.
b) A hay saw to cut up winter fodder for farm livestock.
c) A turf edger once used in Lackham’s Walled Garden.



What is this object?8. Identify the object
a) A thatching spar for pegging straw sheaves on a roof.
b) A pair of dividers used by a cooper making a barrel.
c) A hazel water diviner.