156 OLD WEST SURREY 



The other side of the jug is also ornamented with a circle en- 

 closing this verse, surrounded by a device of implements- — 



Success 



to the plough 



The fleece and the Pail 



May the Landlord 



Ever Flourish 



And the Tenant 



never fail 



In the upper part of the encircling ornament are a spade 

 and a digging- fork ; to the left, a scythe and a dung-drag ; to 

 the right, axe, sickle, and flail ; at the bottom, the stilts of a. 

 plough, a hay-rake, fork, and two sheaves. 



The tools themselves are interesting, showing the older 

 forms ; the hay-rake of the pattern that has the curved stiffen- 

 ing brace passing through the handle and into the head of the 

 rake. The design is structurally good -except that the handle 



Three Patterns of Hay-Rake 



is weakened near the head, where it is bored for the brace to 

 pass through, and it is a shade heavier than the later tool, in 

 which the handle itself is split and parted. I think the 

 modern tool is the better one, especially the Kentish shape — 

 the middle one of the three shown^ — in which the handle is a 

 little bowed upwards before it meets the head. 



The sickle, with its toothed edge, is clearly shown. It 

 should not be confounded with the reaping-hook, nor with 

 the fag-hook. The differences between these tools will be 

 described elsewhere. 



