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Hand tool to stir the porridge in the pot or kettle over the fire. It consists of an iron sickle-shaped working part (approx. 10 cm) that is either an extension of or perpendicular to the stem (approx. 45 cm). The latter may or may not be provided with a wooden handle. Another model is in the form of a wooden kitchen scraper, the working part of which is pierced (1). [MOT] (1) Eg. WEYNS 1974: 446.

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Wooden pestle used to press food into the funnel of a grinder (e.g. meat grinder, rotary grater, etc.). The pestle always takes the shape of the funnel of the mill it belongs to. There are cylindrical, conical and parallelepiped-shaped pistils. The cone-shaped pestle is distinguishable from the cone-shaped pestle of the potato mash strainer which is smaller and the mould for cardboard boxes. [MOT]

Paint brush used in stencil painting to apply the paint in the cut-out areas of the stencil consisting of letters, figures or decorations. You can also spat paint with it, in combination with a spatter sieve. The stencil brush consists of a round and straight-cut brush of firmly short (approx. 2 cm) white pig bristles (width approx. 0.4 - 3.7 cm), partly surrounded by a metal sleeve in which, on the other side, a short (approx. 6 cm) wooden handle sticks. [MOT]