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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9432387, member: 78949"]Well, I have used this item myself and know very well what it is. B.t.w. it is quite wisely designed and needs just a little practice to get used to it, having in mind what the blade of the sickle can do to human fingers or palm (I have seen this, too).</p><p>No one is forced to believe me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The name of the tool is palamarka - here is wiki on this, unfortunately without an English version.</p><p><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паламарка" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паламарка" rel="nofollow">https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паламарка</a></p><p>If you search it in Internet even in Latin, many images of it will popup.</p><p>It is well known to BG folk as it also has a vulgar slang meaning related to the form of the protruding part. Many people using this word don't even know what the tool is and what it is used for.</p><p><br /></p><p>B.t.w the function of palamarka can be discernible after explanation only for people who have some knowledge or experience with old time peasant life and know something about manual agricultural work. I can understand the bewilderedness here as times are so different now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9432387, member: 78949"]Well, I have used this item myself and know very well what it is. B.t.w. it is quite wisely designed and needs just a little practice to get used to it, having in mind what the blade of the sickle can do to human fingers or palm (I have seen this, too). No one is forced to believe me :) The name of the tool is palamarka - here is wiki on this, unfortunately without an English version. [URL]https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паламарка[/URL] If you search it in Internet even in Latin, many images of it will popup. It is well known to BG folk as it also has a vulgar slang meaning related to the form of the protruding part. Many people using this word don't even know what the tool is and what it is used for. B.t.w the function of palamarka can be discernible after explanation only for people who have some knowledge or experience with old time peasant life and know something about manual agricultural work. I can understand the bewilderedness here as times are so different now.[/QUOTE]
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