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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9432357, member: 78949"]<font size="4">The device was used by the peasants as a wooden glove when harvesting with sickle to protect the right hand from the blade of the sickle. The glove is put on the first three fingers of the right hand, and the sickle is operated by the left hand, the elongated and bent wooden part is used to grab a bunch of wheat stalks (or the crop that is harvested) that are then cut with the sickle just below the grab point. I myself as a girl have used similar to harvest lavender, as it was time when wheat was machine harvested. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">No idea if the item shown here is Russian, it can well be Bulgarian or any other Balkan. On the protection shield of the item the image of St. George slaying the dragon is painted, I suppose to guard the owner who might have been called "Georgi" and St. George was his guardian saint. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Here is a link to a Bulgarian museum item with pictures:</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://museumperushtitsa.com/en/under-the-pyramid/bulgarian-agricultural-tools-through-the-eyes-of-a-traveler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumperushtitsa.com/en/under-the-pyramid/bulgarian-agricultural-tools-through-the-eyes-of-a-traveler" rel="nofollow">http://museumperushtitsa.com/en/under-the-pyramid/bulgarian-agricultural-tools-through-the-eyes-of-a-traveler</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, about the break - the thing should not have it, it is broken.</p><p><br /></p><p>It says "St. George" in Cyrillic above the head of the saint on the icon. Typical for Orthodox icons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9432357, member: 78949"][SIZE=4]The device was used by the peasants as a wooden glove when harvesting with sickle to protect the right hand from the blade of the sickle. The glove is put on the first three fingers of the right hand, and the sickle is operated by the left hand, the elongated and bent wooden part is used to grab a bunch of wheat stalks (or the crop that is harvested) that are then cut with the sickle just below the grab point. I myself as a girl have used similar to harvest lavender, as it was time when wheat was machine harvested. No idea if the item shown here is Russian, it can well be Bulgarian or any other Balkan. On the protection shield of the item the image of St. George slaying the dragon is painted, I suppose to guard the owner who might have been called "Georgi" and St. George was his guardian saint. Here is a link to a Bulgarian museum item with pictures: [URL]http://museumperushtitsa.com/en/under-the-pyramid/bulgarian-agricultural-tools-through-the-eyes-of-a-traveler[/URL][/SIZE] Ah, about the break - the thing should not have it, it is broken. It says "St. George" in Cyrillic above the head of the saint on the icon. Typical for Orthodox icons.[/QUOTE]
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