tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post137889874594830399..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Pikel?Kev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-51567709090408464702021-09-03T19:02:44.144+01:002021-09-03T19:02:44.144+01:00Pikel in DenbighshirePikel in Denbighshireandybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377516040514725076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-85869685595627691462021-09-01T22:28:06.595+01:002021-09-01T22:28:06.595+01:00Pikel in Lancashire. I ended up here on this site ...Pikel in Lancashire. I ended up here on this site because on a recent walk through Kent countryside I came across two women who were maintaining a footpath. They had pitchforks and when I mentioned that you don't see many pikels these days they gave me puzzled looks, as did my fellow walker. I thought I'd made up the word and was relieved to discover that my memory was still intact.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342123800253690344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-9891670763994713232020-08-03T15:14:15.135+01:002020-08-03T15:14:15.135+01:00Pikel here in Cheshire Pikel here in Cheshire GrahamLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800147895679069730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-34960542144416693352020-08-03T15:13:38.528+01:002020-08-03T15:13:38.528+01:00Pikel in Cheshire Pikel in Cheshire GrahamLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800147895679069730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-21871504916396452092019-09-18T00:55:01.430+01:002019-09-18T00:55:01.430+01:00Pikel, on Merseyside.
Pikel, on Merseyside.<br />Claire Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690572088120106220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-55842439330150424772019-05-10T21:53:22.619+01:002019-05-10T21:53:22.619+01:00hay fork
hay fork<br />Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-87483054844726857022019-05-10T15:14:53.498+01:002019-05-10T15:14:53.498+01:00Here in Iowa, USA, they usually have 3 tines - and...Here in Iowa, USA, they usually have 3 tines - and are called 'pitch forks.'Tim B. Inmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143483015560273896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-7719743974286912802019-05-10T14:28:24.326+01:002019-05-10T14:28:24.326+01:00Pitch dork, in New Jersey, USAPitch dork, in New Jersey, USAKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802016774109835572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-12348882298773322372019-05-10T13:18:27.558+01:002019-05-10T13:18:27.558+01:00Interesting. I've never seen one in the US.Interesting. I've never seen one in the US.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-76526917662807701872019-05-10T12:56:01.290+01:002019-05-10T12:56:01.290+01:00I have always known this as a hay fork. My ciusin...I have always known this as a hay fork. My ciusin used it to toss the hsy down from the hay lofts for the horses nets xxPattypanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533048669555871726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-40710725696651493122019-05-10T11:07:06.859+01:002019-05-10T11:07:06.859+01:00Well, it is a hay fork for me if I'm talking t...Well, it is a hay fork for me if I'm talking to outher people. But I usually have a several names for things, because my grandma was from Russia and another grandma is from Sweden, and hb's grandma was from Germany. My father's family have a different name for it, which I use when I'm thinking it. It actually is closer to pikel than hay fork...Ulvmorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475774550471643902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-85748030802685709292019-05-10T09:16:56.354+01:002019-05-10T09:16:56.354+01:00Pitchfork here in the east midlands. I associate t...Pitchfork here in the east midlands. I associate them with feeding our pigs as a child - even moreso when my dad stuck one through a sack of pig meal straight through a nest of baby rats - I was devastated - but he wasn't !!Mrs LHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070413740231580278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-56909898507195025072019-05-10T09:02:46.453+01:002019-05-10T09:02:46.453+01:00Pitch fork in Lincolnshire where I'm from orig...Pitch fork in Lincolnshire where I'm from originally but here in rural France it's called a fourche à foinKatiejanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218486391689396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-30955293797981112032019-05-10T08:59:19.023+01:002019-05-10T08:59:19.023+01:00You're a carpenter Kev. Airing cupboard or ho...You're a carpenter Kev. Airing cupboard or hot press?northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-52184614556605778122019-05-10T08:40:17.745+01:002019-05-10T08:40:17.745+01:00Pitch fork back home in Somerset
Pitch fork back home in Somerset<br />Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-50817955561268316242019-05-10T07:26:30.420+01:002019-05-10T07:26:30.420+01:00Pitch fork or hay fork in Suffolk
Tape measure is ...Pitch fork or hay fork in Suffolk<br />Tape measure is what I have in sewing box those used outside are just measures.<br />Have you got a croom? is that just east anglia?Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-17855831522496965232019-05-10T07:20:06.860+01:002019-05-10T07:20:06.860+01:00pikel here in Leigh near manchester, I was brought...pikel here in Leigh near manchester, I was brought up on a farmtillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497825779261034331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-90647009197187469272019-05-10T07:14:36.077+01:002019-05-10T07:14:36.077+01:00pitchfork round here. And measuring tape :)
pitchfork round here. And measuring tape :)<br />knutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-75110291994646756512019-05-10T06:59:10.263+01:002019-05-10T06:59:10.263+01:00Measuring tape.Measuring tape.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-41481527606045786032019-05-10T06:57:13.671+01:002019-05-10T06:57:13.671+01:00Hay fork or Pitch Pike. My mother called the wate...Hay fork or Pitch Pike. My mother called the watering can a degging can. I believe its an old Lancashire word. <br /><br />In England they say tape measure and over here in Ireland its a measuring tap.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.com