Countryside Quiz 2 .

Have you read these topics: Countryside introduction; Wool; Poultry; Winter; Haytime; The Forge; Transport?

Check your knowledge here - but don't forget there are lots of pages on some of these topics! Have you read them all?

1. How much did John Gate pay for a plough in 1934?

2. When the men went out to mow hay in summer, what time did they start?

3. Why was the sledge so useful in the Lake District?

a		it was more fun than a cart
b		you could get more on it
c		it was easy to turn round
d		it didn't tip over on steep ground

4. What was the term used to define the amount of adjustment needed when the smith applied a new iron cart-tyre, so it fitted tightly?

5. How much did the lightest anvil weigh?

6. How much did a wheelbarrow with top boards cost in the 1930s?

a		three pounds (£3)
b		one pound ten shillings (£1 10s)
c		three pounds and fifteen shillings (£3 15s)
d		five pounds ten shillings (£5 10s)

7. How big a pony would be needed for the fast gig in the Transport section?

8. What was the substance used to coat eggs for storage?

9. What is the translation of Kendal's Latin town motto "Pannus mihi Panem"?

10. Why might a heavy leather muzzle be used on a racehorse?

(You might find lots of other answers to this one!)

a		prevent him stuffing himself with straw bedding before a race
b		preventing him tearing his rugs if he got bored waiting to go
c		preventing him chewing the woodwork if he got bored waiting to go
d		prevent him biting the jockey

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