[Sca-cooks] Cow harness

Judith Epstein judith at ipstenu.org
Tue Nov 10 14:46:27 PST 2009


On 10 Nov 2009, at 4:42 PM, Antonia Calvo wrote:

> A *yoke* is a wooden beam which is used between a pair of oxen in  
> harness to allow them to pull a load.  A halter is a piece of  
> headgear that allows animals to be led, similar to a bridle but with  
> no bit. Horses doing heavy work such as ploughing have harnesses  
> with full collars.
>
> Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

This is what I get for being a city girl, eh? (The city I grew up in  
had about 12,000 people, thus qualifying it as a city in those parts.)

Judith / no SCA name yet
Master Albrecht Waldfurster's Egg
Middle Kingdom, Midlands, Ayreton, Tree-Girt-Sea (Chicago, IL)



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