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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/lobster-tongs?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/lemon-squeezer?lang=nl>

The liquid manure scoop is a large spoon with usually a hemispherical (galvanized) iron scoop blade (diam. Approx. 25-30 cm) attached to a long (approx. 120-140 cm) wooden handle. With this tool, the vulture is scooped out of the manure tub and spread over mainly pasture. Sometimes a bucket or an old lump nailed to a handle is also used for this. To be distinguished from the bucket with long stick used to scoop the manure from the cesspool into the manure tub. A similar spoon, but made of copper, was used in Germany instead of the bleacher's shovel (2). [MOT] (1) "Die grosse Wäsche'': 161.

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This hand tool is used to squeeze half slices or wedges of lemon or lime. Especially with tea, these tongs are offered together with the lemon slice. The disc is placed between the jaws of the forceps and the arms are pressed closed. The juice flows into the cup through the drain. Usually these pliers are made of metal. Like the lemon reamer, it serves to obtain only a few drops of juice. See also this lemon squeezer. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/linocutter?lang=nl>

English translation in progress. You can find more technical information about the legget of a thatcher on this page in dutch. [MOT]

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Glass tool that closely resembles a small grindstone for pigment or a stamper, used to smooth linnen and, among other things, embroidery; the work surface is convex or has rounded corners. Just like the ironing wood, you do not heat the linnen smoother. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/lemon-zester?lang=nl>