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Countryside Quiz 1.

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly out of 10.

Have you read these topics: mowing with the scythe ; Countryside introduction ; Seedtime (harrowing); Dairy ; Haytime (demo); The Forge ; Animal Treatment; Washday? Check your knowledge here - but don't forget that there are lots of pages on some of these topics! Have you read them all?

1. Which type of scythe is the older?

a
straight handled
b
S handled

2. John Gate talked about seed-time jobs: ploughing and harrowing. Which did he say "took a good man" to do?

a
ploughing
b

harrowing

3. Why was that?

a
ploughing was hard work and you got tired
b
harrowing needed a clever horseman to drive in a straight line

4. Two types of churn come from different areas: which one is Scottish?

a
end over end
b
tub and dasher

5. How much did it cost to shoe a working horse in the 1950s?

a
one pound sterling (20s)
b
ten shillings (10s)
c
one guinea (21s)
d
half a guinea (10s 6d)

6. How many chains are there in a mile?

a
60
b
70
c
80
d
90

7. The Tumbling Tam haysweep is given this name because it

a
was invented by a notorious drunk
b
turns over as it works
c
makes you trip over the long chains
d
was popularised by a man called Thomas

8. Why was cheese made from skim milk called "wang" cheese?

a
it was so hard you could use it to "wang" nails into wood
b
it was so rubbery you could "wang" it off a wall and catch it
c
it was so tough you could use it as "wang" bootlaces
d
I've no idea

9. Why does the farrier rasp horses' teeth?

a
he likes it
b
to sharpen them
c
to take off rough edges
d
to put them to sleep

10. What was "dolly blue" dye for?

a
Dyeing cotton clothes
b
Marking sheep
c
Whitening cotton clothes
d
Bleaching cotton clothes

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