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Ice hook

Hand tool used to move the large blocks of ice that are used to keep food and drinks cool. It has an L-shaped metal hook with a pointed and slightly bent end, which is screwed to a relatively long (approx. 30-40 cm) wooden handle. [MOT]

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Coconut grater

This text can only be consulted in Dutch

bakehouse

Gotegemveld z.n., Haaltert, Belgium

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Potato planter

This text can only be consulted in Dutch

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clogs to tamp down

Clogs that are nailed to a wooden board (approx. 30 by 40 cm) and with which the gardener tamps down the soil after sowing. The clogs are sometimes replaced by a wooden plank with straps that you fasten around your shoe; or fitted with ropes held taut by hand (1). The peat-cutter uses such clogs to squeeze the water out of the peat banks before it is slashed with the mud-marking iron. To walk on muddy surfaces, trips are attached under the shoes or boots; there the aim is to increase support. [MOT] (1) Eg. CROMPVOETS & VINEYARD ep.2: 169.