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Bog Oak at the museum
" I'm a bin out tonight, a-watching my neighbour pulling a old root out o' one o' his fields. We allus call 'em roots but in some cases its more like the whull tree as 'as to come out afore ploughing can continue. I'm talking about the black oaks what lay buried under the peat , o' course."
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"It's the shrinkage o' the peat as brings the trees nearer to the surface o' the land. It's a terrible nuisance to the farmers, because the plough comes into contact with 'em when ploughing deep for celery, potatoes or other root crops. The ploughman used to carry a little bundle o' reeds with him. He had a spring foot chain attached to the plough, so that when the plough hit a root- off 'ould go the chain and let that horses free. Then he'd get his plough clear, and stick one o' his reeds on top of the place where the root were, to mark the spot so as the old root could be dug up."
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AT THE MUSEUM
There are some pieces of bog oak in and near the pump room at the museum
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